Re: [PATCH v2] x86, boot: Allow 64bit EFI kernel to be loaded above 4G

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Wed Feb 25 2015 - 07:57:54 EST


On Tue, 24 Feb, at 04:31:27PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, 22 Feb, at 07:43:48PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >> +Field name: ext_code32_start
> >> +Type: modify (optional, reloc)
> >> +Offset/size: 0x268/4
> >> +Protocol: 2.14+
> >> +
> >> + This field is the upper 32bits of load address when EFI 64bit kernel
> >> + is loaded above 4G. And it is used with code32_start to compare to
> >> + pref_address to decide if kernel need to be relocated further.
> >
> > I think we can delete the second sentence.
> >
> > But these are minimal changes and I'm happy to fix them up when applying
> > this patch if that's OK?
>
> Sure. Please go ahead.

Applied, thanks Yinghai.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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