Re: [PATCH 0/5] x86_64 EFI support -v3

[Huang, Ying]

On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 12:47 +0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Using efi_set_virtual means kdump doesn't work which means that no
> one is going to use this in a prebuilt kernel.

It is possible to make kexec/kdump work with EFI virtual mode, in
following ways:

1. Do not turn on EFI in kexeced kernel. That is, when kexec prepares
the boot parameters for kexeced kernel, do not set boot parameter
"EFI_LOADER_SIG" to be "EFIL". And, if the boot parameter
"screen_info.orig_video_isVGA" is set to VIDEO_TYPE_EFI and other
members of "screen_info" are set properly, the EFI framebuffer can work
properly too. With this method, a EFI disabled kernel can be kexeced
from a EFI enabled kernel. This is OK for kdump to work.

2. If it is intended to kexec a EFI enabled kernel from a EFI enabled
kernel, the same method as IA64 EFI virtual mode support can be used.
That is, the memory area used by EFI runtime service is mapped to exact
same address in both kernels, and the "efi_set_virtual" is not called in
kexeced kernel. A fixmap area can be used to map memory mapped IO area
of EFI runtime service, the code and data area of EFI runtime service
are always mapped to same address in direct map area.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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