I don't think we need #7. But otherwise, +1 to EFI support
On Nov 6, 2013 7:07 AM, "Nicolò Costanza" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> About 1> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
> we have this disabled on i386, enabled in x86_64, that is unusual
>
> INFO:
> http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/RELOCATABLE.html
>
> I'm worrying about > "The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about
> 10% larger, but are discarded at runtime.
> but "... discarded at runtime", maybe this should not harm kernel boot in
> 32bit, is something getting my attention...
>
>
>
> About 6> OK > must we change CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS from "m" to "y" ? Really
> need?
>
>
>
> About: 7> OK > I'll change from CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y to "n"
> - now I'm waiting an answer if this is ok also for omv2013 (i think so)
>
>
>
>
> bye, NicCo
>
>
>   Il Mercoledì 6 Novembre 2013 12:25, Nicolò Costanza <[email protected]>
> ha scritto:
>
> Hi to all
>
> My answer to the interesting suggestions from Alexander Kazancev:
> Alex Kazancev suggested us to verify and adopt the full archilunux configs
> for the UEFI part
>
> Please, answer me ASAP as I have to prepare and send immediately
> Kernels 3.10.18 & 3.11.7 with or without the proposed UEFI changes!
>
>
>
> Question and proposal
> =========================================================
> Hi. Is our kernels has EFI-enabled config like this?
>
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Linux_Kernel_Config_options_for_UEFI
>
> If not, may you enable this?
>
> --
> Alexander KazancevRelease manager of ROSA Desktop distribution
> =========================================================
>
>
>
> Answer
> =========================
> nr. 8 keys to check:
> =========================
> 1> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
> 2> CONFIG_EFI=y
> 3> CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
> 4> CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
> 5> CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
> 6> CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
> 7> CONFIG_EFI_VARS=n
> 8> CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
> ============================
>
>
> Our recent configs
> ==========================================================
> Kernel 3.10.17 & 3.11.6 have the same UEFI keys &  values:
> there are differences with ths suggestions from archilinux
> we must verify if their suggestions are good also for us
> ==========================================================
>
> 1>
> ARM > none
> 386 > # CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set
> x64 > CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
>
> 2>
> ARM > none
> 386 > CONFIG_EFI=y
> x64 > CONFIG_EFI=y
>
> 3>
> ARM > none
> 386 > CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
> x64 > CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
>
> 4>
> ARM > none
> 386 > CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
> x64 > CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
>
> 5>
> ARM > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
> 386 > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
> x64 > CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
>
> 6>
> ARM > none
> 386 > CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=m
> x64 > CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=m
>
> 7>
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS=n, we have different configs, we have this "y", archilinux
> say to put to "n"
> if we dont support > old efivars sysfs interface - /sys/firmware/efi/vars,
> this can be done
> #
> # EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support
> #
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE=y
> CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE=y
>
> 8>
> ARM > CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
> 386 > CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
> x64 > CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
>
>
>
>
> Please, answer me ASAP as I have to prepare and send immediately
> Kernels 3.10.18 & 3.11.7 with or without the proposed UEFI changes!
>
> bye, NicCo
>
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