RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-29 Thread Stuart_Hayes
Vladimir, The 2.00rc1 version of grub2 still doesn't fix the efi memory map buffer size I've been working on (though I can see you are now allocating the efi memory map buffer very shortly before you are calling grub_efi_finish_boot_services()). Increasing the

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-28 Thread Stuart_Hayes
Vladimir, The 2.00rc1 version of grub2 still doesn't fix the efi memory map buffer size I've been working on (though I can see you are now allocating the efi memory map buffer very shortly before you are calling grub_efi_finish_boot_services()). Increasing the mmap_size in

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-27 Thread Stuart_Hayes
Well, this works, too (on top of HEAD from 7 june). --- ../../grub/grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c 2012-05-31 12:59:19.0 -0400 +++ grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c 2012-06-12 20:47:51.455718055 -0400 @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ find_efi_mmap_size (void) /* Increase the size a bit

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-27 Thread Stuart_Hayes
-Original Message- From: grub-devel-bounces+stuart_hayes=dell@gnu.org [mailto:grub- devel-bounces+stuart_hayes=dell@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Vladimir 'f- coder/phcoder' Serbinenko Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:51 PM To: Hayes, Stuart Cc: bug-grub@gnu.org; grub-de

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-12 Thread Stuart_Hayes
- - mmap_size = (1 12); - while (1) -{ - int ret; - grub_efi_memory_descriptor_t *mmap; - grub_efi_uintn_t desc_size; - - mmap = grub_malloc (mmap_size); - if (! mmap) - return 0; - - ret = grub_efi_get_memory_map (mmap_size, mmap,

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-11 Thread Stuart_Hayes
On 07.06.2012 21:02, stuart_ha...@dell.com wrote: Vladimir, On 27 May you had asked me to test a patch to see if it fixed the x86_64 EFI boot issue I was seeing (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-05/msg00064.html). This patch apparently moved the linux real mode

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-06-11 Thread Stuart_Hayes
It looks like the problem is that we set video mode. Other than that we do only mmap iterating and allocating the memory in question. How about this patch (not tested): === modified file 'grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c' --- grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c 2012-05-31 12:06:11 + +++

RE: [bug #36532] boot in EFI mode (x86_64) fails on some systems

2012-05-31 Thread Stuart_Hayes
I'm sorry, somehow your earlier message on the ML never showed up in my mail box. I found it on the archive, and I'll address your concerns. Should I open a new bug (it won't let me reply on the closed bug), or just respond on the ML? Thank you, Stuart -Original Message- From: