Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-14 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
; Ard Biesheuvel > >> > >> Cc: l...@nuviainc.com; phi...@redhat.com; Gao, Zhichao > >> > >> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell > >> command to expose Linux initrd via device path > >> > >> On 02/12/20 1

Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-13 Thread Ni, Ray
> -Original Message- > From: Laszlo Ersek > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2020 7:15 AM > To: Ni, Ray ; devel@edk2.groups.io; Ard Biesheuvel > > Cc: l...@nuviainc.com; phi...@redhat.com; Gao, Zhichao > > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add

Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-13 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 02/12/20 15:21, Ni, Ray wrote: >> (3) However: I think this should be added as a Dynamic Command instead. >> I'm basing this on the message of commit 0961002352e9 ("ShellPkg/tftp: >> Convert from NULL class library to Dynamic Command", 2017-11-28), which >> is the first commit in edk2 ever to

Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-12 Thread Ni, Ray
> (3) However: I think this should be added as a Dynamic Command instead. > I'm basing this on the message of commit 0961002352e9 ("ShellPkg/tftp: > Convert from NULL class library to Dynamic Command", 2017-11-28), which > is the first commit in edk2 ever to introduce a Dynamic Command. > > And

Re: [edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-12 Thread Laszlo Ersek
Adding Ray and Zhichao; comments below On 02/11/20 19:03, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Add a new 'initrd' command to the UEFI Shell that allows any file that is > accessible to the shell to be registered as the initrd that is returned > when Linux's EFI stub loader invokes the LoadFile2 protocol on

[edk2-devel] [RFC PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg: add 'initrd' shell command to expose Linux initrd via device path

2020-02-11 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Add a new 'initrd' command to the UEFI Shell that allows any file that is accessible to the shell to be registered as the initrd that is returned when Linux's EFI stub loader invokes the LoadFile2 protocol on its special vendor media device path. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel --- Note that the