Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

>>> On 31.08.15 at 21:49, wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 08:16:05AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 28.08.15 at 15:42, wrote: >> > Now that said - do you have suggestions on how to make this work >> > with GRUB in the picture? >> >> ... I

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 08:16:05AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 28.08.15 at 15:42, wrote: > > And I am not comfortable to say 'GRUB2+Xen cannot run on this hardware > > because your firmware vendor is not following the EFI spec in spirit.' > > Well, not the least

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 27.08.15 at 19:56, 426...@gmail.com wrote: If you advocate direct booting ( no boot loader) on production machines I wont argue much, as long as there is good recovery tools to deal with failed boots (grub does this very well, I am not aware of anything comparable that is pure efi).

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 02:22:46AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 27.08.15 at 19:56, 426...@gmail.com wrote: If you advocate direct booting ( no boot loader) on production machines I wont argue much, as long as there is good recovery tools to deal with failed boots (grub does this very

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 28.08.15 at 15:42, konrad.w...@oracle.com wrote: And I am not comfortable to say 'GRUB2+Xen cannot run on this hardware because your firmware vendor is not following the EFI spec in spirit.' Well, not the least since I don't really agree with this (albeit I can see where you're coming from)

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 27.08.15 at 17:29, jbeul...@suse.com wrote: You're right, there's no such requirement on memory use in the spec. But you're missing the point. Supporting grub2 on UEFI is already a hack (ignoring all intentions EFI had from its first days). And now you've found an environment where that

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol compatible

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 06:49:18AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 13:52, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/page.h

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 14.08.15 at 15:59, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 06:49:18AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 13:52, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Daniel

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 08:32:05AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 15:59, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 06:49:18AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 13:52, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 14.08.15 at 16:37, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 08:32:05AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 15:59, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 06:49:18AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: On 14.08.15 at 13:52, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On 14.08.15 at 13:52, daniel.ki...@oracle.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:48:06PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/page.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/page.h index 87b3341..27481ac 100644 ---

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 22/23] x86: make Xen early boot code relocatable

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:17PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: Every multiboot protocol (regardless of version) compatible image must specify its load address (in ELF or multiboot header). Multiboot protocol compatible loader have to load image at specified address. However, there is no