[PATCH] grub-core/lib/fdt.c: Working device tree library

2013-10-28 Thread Francesco Lavra
Hi, The current code in grub-core/lib/fdt.c doesn't work for me (and I suspect it doesn't work for anybody else either): GRUB just hangs when trying to load a Linux kernel with an associated device tree. In fact, the current code is still the first version of fdt.c which I sent to the list (warning

Re: [RFT] Rewrite timer on arm efi and remove leftover in startup code

2013-10-28 Thread Francesco Lavra
Hi, On 10/07/2013 01:30 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote: > Hmm - trunk does not however seem to be able to successfully boot a > Linux kernel on ARM/UEFI currently. I will look into that. You may have run into the same issues I run into when I try booting a Linux kernel with device tree. See my patch at

Re: [PATCH] grub-core/lib/fdt.c: Working device tree library

2013-10-28 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 28.10.2013 09:43, Francesco Lavra wrote: > Hi, > The current code in grub-core/lib/fdt.c doesn't work for me (and I > suspect it doesn't work for anybody else either): GRUB just hangs when > trying to load a Linux kernel with an associated device tree. In fact, > the current code is still the fi

Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen

2013-10-28 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:54:44AM +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > On 21.10.2013 23:16, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > > Mail is big, I think I got your essential points but I didn't read it whole. > > On 21.10.2013 14:57, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >

Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen

2013-10-28 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
>>> Will a multiboot2 tag with whole EFI memory map solve your problem? >> I added such a tag in documentation and wrote a patch for it (attached). >> Awaiting for someone to test it to commit > > Great! I think from Xen perspective we first need to have Xen be able > to understand multiboot2 - t

Grant table version

2013-10-28 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Hello, all. I'm working on pvgrub2 and my problem is following: When you first use grant tables you commit yourself to a particular grant table version. GRUB has to read from disk and hence use grant tables. By doing so it commits anything that it loads to the same version. Would it be possible to

Re: EFI and multiboot2 devlopment work for Xen

2013-10-28 Thread Seth Goldberg
Hi, Quoting Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, who wrote the following on Mon, 28 Oct 2013: On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:54:44AM +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: On 21.10.2013 23:16, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: Mail is big, I think I got your essential points but I didn

Re: [Xen-devel] Grant table version

2013-10-28 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 28/10/13 18:06, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > Hello, all. I'm working on pvgrub2 and my problem is following: > When you first use grant tables you commit yourself to a particular > grant table version. GRUB has to read from disk and hence use grant > tables. By doing so it comm