[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

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 first

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, During work

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 - that is

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

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 commits