Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT 0/3] Add grub loader support for RISC-V Linux

[Atish Patra]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:22 AM Leif Lindholm <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi Atish,
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:21:05 -0700, Atish Patra wrote:
> > > > Hello Ard,
> > > >
> > > > Did I misunderstand you and you want to provide a LOAD_FILE2
> > > > implementation in GRUB and not use the one in the firmware?
> > >
> > > Yes. If you use GRUB, it is provided by GRUB. Otherwise, it can be
> > > provided by U-Boot or EDK2.
> >
> > Thanks for the discussion. I got clarification as well.
> > I will work on adding LOAD_FILE2 support in GRUB.
>
> I had promised to look into that, but my paperwork with the FSF is
> still pending. Feel free to contact me for bouncing ideas or whatever.
>

Sure.


> As for this set - the changes to the kernel header structs and naming
> should be non-controversial, and will be required for a final unified
> loader anyway. Could you possibly break those out as a separate set,
> which could then be merged earlier?
>

Ok. I will send out riscv header changes separately.

> Best Regards,
>
> Leif



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Regards,
Atish