Re: [PATCH 1/1] Fix boot on efi 32 bit Machines [try #4]

[Eric W. Biederman]

Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I agre with you to make efi use the e820 map as a long term solution.
> But at the moment the efi part is completley broken without my patch.

But your patch isn't a fix.  It is a hack to make the system boot.

A patch that performed the same check on the efi memory map,
or it converted the efi memory map to use an e820 map it would be a fix.

> At least on Intel Macs. 
> Without the patch also my Imacfb driver makes no sense, since it is 
> for efi booted Intel Macs. 

My point is that the kernel efi support is broken.  You have just found
the location where the bone is poking through the skin.

I am tempted to write a patch to delete the x86 efi support at this
point.  So that it is very clear that it needs to be completely redone.

Eric
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