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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:21:29AM +0100, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> Greg KH schrieb: |
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> >> No, all we need is to enable EFI stub support in the kernel, and |
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> >> integrate the initramfs using CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE and place it in |
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> >> some location where UEFI looks for it (/efi/boot/bootx64.efi). |
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> >> This has the disadvantage of not allowing to pass additional kernel |
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> >> parameters during boot. But it might still be an acceptable stopgap |
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> >> measure if the alternative is to not boot at all. |
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> > No, don't do that for an "install" kernel, that way is madness, just use |
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> > a real UEFI bootloader which can handle an initrd and the like properly |
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> Can you explain what problems you see with that? How does |
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> CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE handle initrd improperly? |
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Ah, didn't notice that, it might work, have you tried it? |
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greg k-h |
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