Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756202Ab2FGUUU (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:20:20 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:58299 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754789Ab2FGUUQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:20:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4FD10CFC.8030000@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:20:12 +0200 From: Maarten Lankhorst User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lee.g.rosenbaum@intel.com, mingo@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jordan.l.justen@intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, rydberg@euromail.se, matt.fleming@intel.com CC: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image References: <1339085121-12760-1-git-send-email-jordan.l.justen@intel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1301 Lines: 32 Hey, Op 07-06-12 20:37, tip-bot for Jordan Justen schreef: > Commit-ID: 743628e868c5992354fc80b4d1e9a6143da1c0e6 > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/743628e868c5992354fc80b4d1e9a6143da1c0e6 > Author: Jordan Justen > AuthorDate: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:05:21 -0700 > Committer: H. Peter Anvin > CommitDate: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:52:33 -0700 > > x86, efi stub: Add .reloc section back into image > > Some UEFI firmware will not load a .efi with a .reloc section > with a size of 0. > > Therefore, we create a .efi image with 4 main areas and 3 sections. > 1. PE/COFF file header > 2. .setup section (covers all setup code following the first sector) > 3. .reloc section (contains 1 dummy reloc entry, created in build.c) > 4. .text section (covers the remaining kernel image) > Scary how some patches arrive a few minutes before you need them. I can verify applying this patch fixes efi stub booting for my system. I wasn't even aware it was broken, but it definitely didn't want to boot without. :-) ~Maarten -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/