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[PATCH] cleanup in EFI Linux loader
From: |
Robert Millan |
Subject: |
[PATCH] cleanup in EFI Linux loader |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:35:38 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hi,
I've been working on a pure 32-bit Linux loader that is firmware-agnostic
and can be used on coreboot (and probably others later on). I used the EFI
Linux loader as a base.
Due to the large amount of changes, and the way EFI operates (in which it
retains control of memory management, much differently than all other
platforms), I don't think it will be possible to maintain a single loader
that can work on both EFI & the rest (unless drastic changes were performed
to the EFI port).
So I will propose to add a separate loader. I'll send a new mail about
that later, but first I'd like to see if a few of the changes can be
harmonized with the current EFI loader, so that the code doesn't differ
so much.
I'm attaching a patch with a few minor changes that will make it easier
to move code back & forth in the future.
Since I have no EFI setup to test with, would be nice if it can be tested
as well as reviewed.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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