Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: add EFI stub | From | Mark Salter <> | Date | Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:51:32 -0500 |
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On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 14:38 +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 08:34:30AM -0500, Mark Salter wrote: > > > Or just disable runtime services on the switch to big ending. Big endian > > > should not disable the stub (but getting it to work could be a follow-up > > > patch) > > > > > The other problem with BE is that the PE/COFF masquerading is built into > > head.S so the same Image can be used for EFI and non-EFI. I don't see > > a BE opcode which we could us to provide the magic "MZ" at the start > > of a BE kernel Image. > > That's actually not an issue. > Instructions are always LE - endinaness affects only data. >
Oh right, I knew that. Time for coffee.
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