Re: [PATCH V6 0/8] Add ARM EFI stub

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Mon Jan 13 2014 - 10:07:45 EST


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?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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