Re: [PATCH V3 RFC 00/16] EFI stub for ARM

2013-08-16 Thread Roy Franz
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Roy Franz roy.fr...@linaro.org wrote:
 On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Roy Franz roy.fr...@linaro.org wrote:

 This patch series adds EFI stub support for the ARM architecture.
 Some code that was previously only used by x86/x86_64 is now shared
 and has been made more general.  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 patch now (new for v3) series depends on the
 arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support patches by 
 leif.lindh...@linaro.org.
 The Kconfig option now depends on the CONFIG_EFI option that his series
 adds, and this option will ensure a little endian configuration.  Also, the
 EFI support is used to handle the EFI memory map the stub passes to the 
 kernel.
 There are some minor changes to be coordinated with the EFI runtime services
 patch series, so I have put this back to RFC status.  These changes should be
 minor and relate to final device tree bindings.

 Changes since v2:
 * EFI bugfix correct call to free_pages that patch series
   depends on now in mainline
 * remove -fno-stack-protector from decompressor Makefile.  The current 
 code doesn't
   trigger the stack protection, so the decompressor now compiles with it 
 still
   on.  Note that there has never been any stack protection in the 
 decompressor
   since the stack usage doesn't trigger the heuristic in GCC, so right now
   the -fno-stack-protector is a noop.
 * Changed EFI command line handling to not have a fixed limit.
 * Change FDT memory allocation to retry with a larger allocation if
   first educated guess is inadequate.
 * Correctly set 'SizeOfCode' in PE/COFF header.
 * Reviewed .setup section that is in x86 PE/COFF header.  This is used for 
 x86
   to account for code that is not in the .text section.  We don't need this
   for ARM, as all of our code is in the .text section, or in the PE/COFF 
 header
   itself.
 * Moved EFI_STUB_ERROR #define to header file to share between stub C and 
 ASM.
 * Variety of cleanups and fixes in head.S.
 * Changed update_fdt_and_exit_boot() to just update the device tree, and
   renamed appropriately.  Memory allocations moved out of this function as
   well, which enables the retries if the initial FDT size is too small.
   Note that in order to do the retried allocations, the original FDT and
   command line memory regions are left allocated.  This is OK since the 
 kernel
   has the memory map and will free these allocations along with the initrd
   and new fdt allocations.
 * Added prefix to all prints, reduced number of prints, and reviewed all
   messages.
 * Change mixed usage of dtb/fdt to all be fdt or device tree in efi-stub.c
 * remove unnecessary zimage_size variable from relocate_kernel()
 * correct return types on EFI functions - should be efi_status_t, not int.



 Changes since V1:
 * Updated head.S based on feedback from Dave Martin.  ARM/THUMB
   switches now much cleaner.
 * Broke up changes to x86 and common code into more patches.
   10 more patches in this series.

 Roy Franz (16):
   Move common EFI stub code from x86 arch code to common location
   Add system pointer argument to shared EFI stub related functions
 so they no longer use global system table pointer as they did
 when part of eboot.c. This code is now shared, so using a
 global variable as part of the interface is not that nice.
 Also, by avoiding any global variables in the ARM EFI stub,
 this allows the code to be position independent without
 requiring GOT fixups.
   Rename memory allocation/free functions
   Add minimum address parameter to efi_low_alloc()
   rename __get_map() to efi_get_memory_map(), add parameter to
 optionally return mmap key. The mmap key is required to exit
 EFI boot services, and allows efi_get_memory_map() to be used
 for getting final memory map.
   Enforce minimum alignment of 1 page on allocations. The
 efi_high_alloc() and efi_low_alloc() functions use the
 EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS option to the EFI function
 allocate_pages(), which requires a minimum of page alignment,
 and rejects all other requests.
   Allow efi_free() to be called with size of 0, and do nothing in that
 case.
   Generalize handle_ramdisks() and rename to handle_cmdline_files().
   Renames in handle_cmdline_files() to complete generalization.
   Move EFI_READ_CHUNK_SIZE define to shared location.
   Add proper definitions for some EFI function pointers.
   Fix types in EFI calls to match EFI function definitions.
   resolve warnings found on ARM compile
   Add strstr to compressed string.c for ARM.
   Add EFI stub for ARM
   Add config EFI_STUB for ARM to Kconfig

  arch/arm/Kconfig   |   11 +
  arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile  |   15 +-

Re: UEFI Plugfest 2013 -- New Orleans

2013-08-16 Thread James Bottomley
On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 11:20 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
 Participants in this event must join the UEFI at the Adopter level or
 above (gratis):
 
   http://www.uefi.org/join

Just a note on doing this.  I did it today using the three page form on
the uefi web page: you can fill it in on your computer using gimp and
then just email the completed form to ad...@uefi.org.  They had mine
turned around in a few hours (but I wouldn't rely on that for a last
minute registration).

James


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