I have a few systems that don't boot on some VMWare nodes using EFI stub. Kernel boots on VMWare ESXi 5.1 but has trouble on ESXi 5.5. >From behavior it seems very much related to memory layout as just adding a few efi_printk() into EFI stub gets the otherwise same kernel to boot. Also the kernel does boot on another VMWare node. Kernel I'm using: 3.18.2 I've take a snapshot that i converted to core dump. Poking at it with gdb it looks like kernel gets stuck in misc.o somewhere during zlib decompression. Register dump: rax 0x1000 4096 rbx 0x23f78cb 37714123 rcx 0x0 0 rdx 0x0 0 rsi 0x0 0 rdi 0x23f7863 37714019 rbp 0x1a363b4 0x1a363b4 rsp 0x2404b20 0x2404b20 r8 0x2404ee0 37768928 r9 0x4 4 r10 0x3 3 r11 0x9 9 r12 0x13dcbbc 20827068 r13 0x1e000000 503316480 (this seems to point to decompressed kernel) r14 0x9b8ea7 10194599 r15 0x23f8bc0 37718976 rip 0x23f21f9 0x23f21f9 eflags 0x46 [ PF ZF ] cs 0x18 24 ss 0x0 0 ds 0x0 0 es 0x0 0 fs 0x0 0 gs 0x0 0 Code disassembly: Dump of assembler code from 0x23f21d0 to 0x23f22f8: 0x00000000023f21d0: 53 push %rbx 0x00000000023f21d1: 48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx 0x00000000023f21d4: 48 8d 3d 85 56 00 00 lea 0x5685(%rip),%rdi # 0x23f7860 0x00000000023f21db: e8 50 fe ff ff callq 0x23f2030 0x00000000023f21e0: 48 89 df mov %rbx,%rdi 0x00000000023f21e3: e8 48 fe ff ff callq 0x23f2030 0x00000000023f21e8: 48 8d 3d 74 56 00 00 lea 0x5674(%rip),%rdi # 0x23f7863 0x00000000023f21ef: e8 3c fe ff ff callq 0x23f2030 0x00000000023f21f4: 0f 1f 40 00 nopl 0x0(%rax) 0x00000000023f21f8: f4 hlt => 0x00000000023f21f9: eb fd jmp 0x23f21f8 0x00000000023f21fb: 0f 1f 44 00 00 nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 0x00000000023f2200: 41 57 push %r15 0x00000000023f2202: 4d 89 c7 mov %r8,%r15 0x00000000023f2205: 41 56 push %r14 0x00000000023f2207: 49 89 ce mov %rcx,%r14 0x00000000023f220a: 41 55 push %r13 0x00000000023f220c: 49 89 fd mov %rdi,%r13 0x00000000023f220f: 41 54 push %r12 0x00000000023f2211: 4d 89 cc mov %r9,%r12 0x00000000023f2214: 55 push %rbp 0x00000000023f2215: 48 89 d5 mov %rdx,%rbp 0x00000000023f2218: 53 push %rbx 0x00000000023f2219: 48 89 f3 mov %rsi,%rbx 0x00000000023f221c: 48 83 ec 48 sub $0x48,%rsp 0x00000000023f2220: 80 bf ef 01 00 00 00 cmpb $0x0,0x1ef(%rdi) 0x00000000023f2227: 48 8b 05 8a 68 00 00 mov 0x688a(%rip),%rax # 0x23f8ab8 0x00000000023f222e: 48 89 38 mov %rdi,(%rax) 0x00000000023f2231: 74 69 je 0x23f229c 0x00000000023f2233: 48 8d bf c0 00 00 00 lea 0xc0(%rdi),%rdi 0x00000000023f223a: ba 00 01 00 00 mov $0x100,%edx 0x00000000023f223f: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi 0x00000000023f2241: e8 0a 08 00 00 callq 0x23f2a50 0x00000000023f2246: 49 8d bd eb 01 00 00 lea 0x1eb(%r13),%rdi 0x00000000023f224d: ba 06 00 00 00 mov $0x6,%edx 0x00000000023f2252: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi 0x00000000023f2254: e8 f7 07 00 00 callq 0x23f2a50 0x00000000023f2259: 49 8d bd 68 02 00 00 lea 0x268(%r13),%rdi 0x00000000023f2260: ba 28 00 00 00 mov $0x28,%edx 0x00000000023f2265: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi 0x00000000023f2267: e8 e4 07 00 00 callq 0x23f2a50 0x00000000023f226c: 49 8d bd d0 0c 00 00 lea 0xcd0(%r13),%rdi 0x00000000023f2273: ba 30 00 00 00 mov $0x30,%edx 0x00000000023f2278: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi 0x00000000023f227a: e8 d1 07 00 00 callq 0x23f2a50 0x00000000023f227f: 49 8d bd ec 0e 00 00 lea 0xeec(%r13),%rdi 0x00000000023f2286: ba 14 01 00 00 mov $0x114,%edx 0x00000000023f228b: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi 0x00000000023f228d: e8 be 07 00 00 callq 0x23f2a50 0x00000000023f2292: 48 8b 05 1f 68 00 00 mov 0x681f(%rip),%rax # 0x23f8ab8 0x00000000023f2299: 4c 8b 28 mov (%rax),%r13 0x00000000023f229c: 41 80 7d 06 07 cmpb $0x7,0x6(%r13) 0x00000000023f22a1: 0f 84 69 01 00 00 je 0x23f2410 0x00000000023f22a7: 48 c7 05 2e 29 01 00 00 80 0b 00 movq $0xb8000,0x1292e(%rip) # 0x2404be0 0x00000000023f22b2: c7 05 1c 29 01 00 d4 03 00 00 movl $0x3d4,0x1291c(%rip) # 0x2404bd8 0x00000000023f22bc: 41 0f b6 45 0e movzbl 0xe(%r13),%eax 0x00000000023f22c1: 89 05 0d 29 01 00 mov %eax,0x1290d(%rip) # 0x2404bd4 0x00000000023f22c7: 41 0f b6 45 07 movzbl 0x7(%r13),%eax 0x00000000023f22cc: 89 05 fe 28 01 00 mov %eax,0x128fe(%rip) # 0x2404bd0 0x00000000023f22d2: e8 b9 0b 00 00 callq 0x23f2e90 0x00000000023f22d7: 48 8d 3d 9a 56 00 00 lea 0x569a(%rip),%rdi # 0x23f7978 0x00000000023f22de: e8 4d fd ff ff callq 0x23f2030 0x00000000023f22e3: 48 8b 05 de 67 00 00 mov 0x67de(%rip),%rax # 0x23f8ac8 0x00000000023f22ea: 4c 39 a4 24 80 00 00 00 cmp %r12,0x80(%rsp) 0x00000000023f22f2: 4c 89 e1 mov %r12,%rcx 0x00000000023f22f5: 48 0f 43 8c 24 80 00 00 00 cmovae 0x80(%rsp),%rcx Objdump of arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o: 0000000000002de0 <error>: 2de0: 53 push %rbx 2de1: 48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx 2de4: 48 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 lea 0x0(%rip),%rdi # 2deb <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d7b> 2deb: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 2df0 <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d80> 2df0: 48 89 df mov %rbx,%rdi 2df3: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 2df8 <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d88> 2df8: 48 8d 3d 00 00 00 00 lea 0x0(%rip),%rdi # 2dff <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d8f> 2dff: e8 00 00 00 00 callq 2e04 <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d94> 2e04: 0f 1f 40 00 nopl 0x0(%rax) 2e08: f4 hlt => 2e09: eb fd jmp 2e08 <zlib_updatewindow+0x2d98> 2e0b: 0f 1f 44 00 00 nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 0000000000002e10 <decompress_kernel>: 2e10: 41 57 push %r15 2e12: 4d 89 c7 mov %r8,%r15 2e15: 41 56 push %r14 2e17: 49 89 ce mov %rcx,%r14 2e1a: 41 55 push %r13 2e1c: 49 89 fd mov %rdi,%r13 2e1f: 41 54 push %r12 2e21: 4d 89 cc mov %r9,%r12 2e24: 55 push %rbp 2e25: 48 89 d5 mov %rdx,%rbp 2e28: 53 push %rbx 2e29: 48 89 f3 mov %rsi,%rbx 2e2c: 48 83 ec 48 sub $0x48,%rsp 2e30: 80 bf ef 01 00 00 00 cmpb $0x0,0x1ef(%rdi) 2e37: 48 8b 05 00 00 00 00 mov 0x0(%rip),%rax # 2e3e <zlib_updatewindow+0x2dce> Possibly of interest, on the VMWare node where the kernel boots I get this memory mapping: [ 0.000000] efi: EFI v2.30 by VMware, Inc. [ 0.000000] efi: SMBIOS=0x1ffa8000 ACPI 2.0=0x1ff99000 [ 0.000000] efi: mem00: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000001000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem01: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000001000-0x0000000000007000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem02: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000007000-0x00000000000a0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem03: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000100000-0x0000000001000000) (15MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem04: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000001000000-0x000000000240b000) (20MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem05: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000000240b000-0x000000001b1bc000) (397MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem06: [Loader Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001b1bc000-0x000000001d5c7000) (36MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem07: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001d5c7000-0x000000001df83000) (9MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem08: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001df83000-0x000000001df8e000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem09: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001df8e000-0x000000001dfaf000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem10: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dfaf000-0x000000001dfb2000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem11: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dfb2000-0x000000001dfc4000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem12: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dfc4000-0x000000001dfc5000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem13: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dfc5000-0x000000001e61a000) (6MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem14: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e61a000-0x000000001e6d8000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem15: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6d8000-0x000000001e6e7000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem16: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6e7000-0x000000001e6ed000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem17: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6ed000-0x000000001e6ee000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem18: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6ee000-0x000000001e71b000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem19: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e71b000-0x000000001e71e000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem20: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e71e000-0x000000001e724000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem21: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e724000-0x000000001e725000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem22: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e725000-0x000000001e729000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem23: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e729000-0x000000001e72a000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem24: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e72a000-0x000000001e751000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem25: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e751000-0x000000001e754000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem26: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e754000-0x000000001e755000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem27: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e755000-0x000000001e756000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem28: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e756000-0x000000001e75e000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem29: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e75e000-0x000000001e760000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem30: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e760000-0x000000001e76f000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem31: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e76f000-0x000000001ee83000) (7MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem32: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ee83000-0x000000001ee8c000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem33: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ee8c000-0x000000001fe30000) (15MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem34: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe30000-0x000000001fe43000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem35: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe43000-0x000000001fe48000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem36: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe48000-0x000000001ff20000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem37: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff20000-0x000000001ff40000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem38: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff40000-0x000000001ff8a000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem39: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff8a000-0x000000001ff90000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem40: [ACPI Reclaim Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff90000-0x000000001ff99000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem41: [ACPI Reclaim Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff99000-0x000000001ffa8000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem42: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffa8000-0x000000001ffaa000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem43: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffaa000-0x000000001ffaf000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem44: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffaf000-0x000000001ffb0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem45: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffb0000-0x0000000020000000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem46: [Memory Mapped I/O |RUN| | | | | | | | ] range=[0x00000000ffc00000-0x00000000ffc18000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] SMBIOS 2.6 present. [ 0.000000] DMI: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.0.B64.1309111724 09/11/2013 while on the failing one I get (just enough efi_printk to cause kernel to boot): [ 0.000000] efi: EFI v2.30 by VMware, Inc. [ 0.000000] efi: SMBIOS=0x1ffaf000 ACPI 2.0=0x1ff9f000 [ 0.000000] efi: mem00: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000001000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem01: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000001000-0x0000000000007000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem02: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000007000-0x00000000000a0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem03: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000100000-0x0000000001000000) (15MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem04: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000001000000-0x000000000240b000) (20MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem05: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000000240b000-0x000000001ae96000) (394MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem06: [Loader Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ae96000-0x000000001d2a1000) (36MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem07: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001d2a1000-0x000000001dc68000) (9MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem08: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dc68000-0x000000001dcb3000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem09: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcb3000-0x000000001dcdb000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem10: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcdb000-0x000000001dce9000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem11: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dce9000-0x000000001dcea000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem12: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcea000-0x000000001dcec000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem13: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcec000-0x000000001dcfb000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem14: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcfb000-0x000000001dcfc000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem15: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcfc000-0x000000001dcfd000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem16: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcfd000-0x000000001dcfe000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem17: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dcfe000-0x000000001ddd8000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem18: [Loader Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ddd8000-0x000000001deb0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem19: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001deb0000-0x000000001decf000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem20: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001decf000-0x000000001dee0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem21: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dee0000-0x000000001dee6000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem22: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dee6000-0x000000001dee8000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem23: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001dee8000-0x000000001e547000) (6MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem24: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e547000-0x000000001e58b000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem25: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e58b000-0x000000001e58c000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem26: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e58c000-0x000000001e590000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem27: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e590000-0x000000001e591000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem28: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e591000-0x000000001e5a0000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem29: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e5a0000-0x000000001e5a2000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem30: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e5a2000-0x000000001e602000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem31: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e602000-0x000000001e604000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem32: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e604000-0x000000001e613000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem33: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e613000-0x000000001e614000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem34: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e614000-0x000000001e645000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem35: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e645000-0x000000001e648000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem36: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e648000-0x000000001e64f000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem37: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e64f000-0x000000001e651000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem38: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e651000-0x000000001e656000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem39: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e656000-0x000000001e657000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem40: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e657000-0x000000001e66c000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem41: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e66c000-0x000000001e66d000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem42: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e66d000-0x000000001e69c000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem43: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e69c000-0x000000001e6a2000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem44: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6a2000-0x000000001e6ad000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem45: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e6ad000-0x000000001e9b3000) (3MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem46: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e9b3000-0x000000001e9c2000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem47: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001e9c2000-0x000000001edd3000) (4MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem48: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001edd3000-0x000000001eddc000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem49: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001eddc000-0x000000001fe31000) (16MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem50: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe31000-0x000000001fe33000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem51: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe33000-0x000000001fe3c000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem52: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe3c000-0x000000001fe44000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem53: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001fe44000-0x000000001ff21000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem54: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff21000-0x000000001ff41000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem55: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff41000-0x000000001ff8b000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem56: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff8b000-0x000000001ff91000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem57: [ACPI Reclaim Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff91000-0x000000001ff9f000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem58: [ACPI Reclaim Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ff9f000-0x000000001ffad000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem59: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffad000-0x000000001ffae000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem60: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffae000-0x000000001ffb1000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem61: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000001ffb1000-0x0000000020000000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] efi: mem62: [Memory Mapped I/O |RUN| | | | | | | | ] range=[0x00000000ffc00000-0x00000000ffc18000) (0MB) [ 0.000000] SMBIOS 2.6 present. [ 0.000000] DMI: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.0.B64.1404140612 04/14/2014 Size of bzImage: 10250672 Size of vmlinus: 28188076 Big size is due to included initrd. Any idea where to search further or how to gather some more useful data with GDB? Thanks, Bruno -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html