Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen

From: Vladimir 'Ï-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Date: Mon Oct 28 2013 - 14:01:53 EST



>>> Will a multiboot2 tag with whole EFI memory map solve your problem?
>> I added such a tag in documentation and wrote a patch for it (attached).
>> Awaiting for someone to test it to commit
>
> Great! I think from Xen perspective we first need to have Xen be able
> to understand multiboot2 - that is something Daniel had been working on.
> I will let Daniel talk more about it.
>
> Seth, would you have any time to test the patch against Solaris to
> make sure it works?
>
I've committed that patch. BTW do you want protected mode or long mode
entry point for x86_64 variant? Currently it's protected mode but I
planned to add long mode possibility but it wasn't a priority.


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