Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-29 Thread Dave Young
On 11/27/13 at 03:27pm, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:57:54PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously > > kexec-tools > > The reason is, kexec-tools ... previously, thus efi failed to initialize ... Good suggestion >

Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-29 Thread Dave Young
On 11/27/13 at 03:27pm, Borislav Petkov wrote: On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:57:54PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools The reason is, kexec-tools ... previously, thus efi failed to initialize ... Good suggestion do

Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-27 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:57:54PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools The reason is, kexec-tools ... previously, thus efi failed to initialize ... > do not fill efi_info in x86 setup header thus efi init fail and switch > to

Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-27 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 01:57:54PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools The reason is, kexec-tools ... previously, thus efi failed to initialize ... do not fill efi_info in x86 setup header thus efi init fail and switch to

[PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-25 Thread Dave Young
Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools do not fill efi_info in x86 setup header thus efi init fail and switch to noefi boot. In new kexec-tools it will by default fill efi_info and pass other efi required infomation to 2nd kernel so kexec kernel efi

[PATCH v4 09/12] x86: add xloadflags bit for efi runtime support on kexec

2013-11-25 Thread Dave Young
Old kexec-tools can not load new kernel. The reason is previously kexec-tools do not fill efi_info in x86 setup header thus efi init fail and switch to noefi boot. In new kexec-tools it will by default fill efi_info and pass other efi required infomation to 2nd kernel so kexec kernel efi