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Re: [GRUB2 PATCH v3 3/4] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if


From: Daniel Kiper
Subject: Re: [GRUB2 PATCH v3 3/4] multiboot2: Do not pass memory maps to image if EFI boot services are enabled
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:30:10 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 09:28:25PM +0100, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Daniel Kiper <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Do not pass memory maps to image if it asked for EFI boot services.
> > Main reason for not providing maps is because they will likely be
> > invalid. We do a few allocations after filling them, e.g. for relocator
> > needs. Usually we do not care as we would already finish boot services.
> > If we keep boot services then it is easier to not provide maps. However,
> > if image needs memory maps and they are not provided by bootloader then
> > it should get them itself just before ExitBootServices() call.
> >
> Patch gets too cluttered. Can you provide 2 variants: normal (for commit)
> and with ignoring whitespaces (for review)

Sure thing! I will prepare whole updated patch series next week.
I hope that it is OK for you.

Daniel



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