Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:07:35 +0000 | From | Matt Fleming <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V6 0/8] Add ARM EFI stub |
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On Fri, 10 Jan, at 08:30:09AM, Roy Franz wrote: > This patch series adds EFI stub support for the ARM architecture. The > stub for ARM is implemented in a similar manner to x86 in that it is a > shim layer between EFI and the normal zImage/bzImage boot process, and > that an image with the stub configured is bootable as both a zImage and > EFI application. This patchset adds common code that is shared with > the ARM64 EFI stub. > > This patch depends on Leif Lindholm's ARM v7 runtime services patchset, which > in turn depends on Mark Salter's early_io_remap() patchset. This EFI stub > patchset can be tested without those by simply modifying the Kconfig for > EFI_STUB to not depend on EFI. The kernel will boot using the stub, > however no EFI support will be available in the kernel. > > I have addressed all the feedback I have recieved to date, and I am hoping > that this patchset is acceptable for merging into 3.14. It has been > functionally stable for some time, and provides useful functionality. > Further consolidation of the ARM/ARM64 stubs planned as part of the > ongoing development of the stubs and supporting tools for both > architectures (getting the FDT from a UEFI configuration table, using UEFI > memory map instead of FDT for memory description.)
Is this going to Linus via one of the ARM maintainer trees?
-- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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