Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] efi/loongarch: libstub: remove dependency on flattened DT

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 9:10 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 15:09, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 8:50 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 14:08, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, Ard,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 4:59 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 09:42, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 3:25 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 09:22, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 3:13 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 04:15, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 4:15 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 21 Sept 2022 at 06:02, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > Acked-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Thank you Huacai
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I have created a separate tag with these patches applied onto the
> > > > > > > > > > > first loongarch efi enablement patch (see below)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I would prefer to keep the loongarch trees separate for the next merge
> > > > > > > > > > > window, but if needed to avoid massive conflicts, you could merge the
> > > > > > > > > > > tag into the loongarch tree and rebase your changes on top. But please
> > > > > > > > > > > take care not to rebase those patches themselves: the commit SHAs need
> > > > > > > > > > > to remain the same.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > However, if the conflicts are only minor, you can just explain in your
> > > > > > > > > > > PR to Linus what the resolution should look like.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The tag can be found here:
> > > > > > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git/tag/?h=efi-loongarch-for-v6.1-2
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I have merged this into the EFI tree as well and pushed it out; it
> > > > > > > > > > > should appear in -next tomorrow.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > b093dc55ba9a efi/loongarch: libstub: remove dependency on flattened DT
> > > > > > > > > > > 102faf0747c2 efi: libstub: install boot-time memory map as config table
> > > > > > > > > > > 7318926e7bc9 efi: libstub: remove DT dependency from generic stub
> > > > > > > > > > > 7cb6671e3caa efi: libstub: unify initrd loading between architectures
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I will have to respin the initrd patch, unfortunately, as it breaks
> > > > > > > > > x86. So the signed tag will be updated, and the SHAs above will change
> > > > > > > > > as well.
> > > > > > > > Emm, initrd is also broken on LoongArch, the core kernel gets an
> > > > > > > > EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR address.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > OK, I will investigate. This was working fine before so I'm not sure
> > > > > > > what happened there.
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I cannot reproduce this. Can you reproduce it with qemu? If so, can
> > > > > you share your command line and .config etc?
> > > > In qemu we also OK, but on a real machine efistub fails at
> > > > efi_bs_call(locate_device_path, &lf2_proto_guid, &dp, &handle), maybe
> > > > our UEFI BIOS has some problems? On a real machine we use grub and
> > > > there is no "initrd" command in UEFI shell.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ah ok, so i guess your GRUB lacks the LoadFile2 patches?
> > >
> > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2022-09/msg00057.html
> > Maybe it is a GRUB problem (I'll discuss with GRUB team), but why
> > without this series the GRUB can load initrd? Because in the old way
> > UEFI BIOS fill initrd information to FDT?
> >
>
> No GRUB loads the initrd and creates a DT with a /chosen node to
> record the initrd base and size.
Without this series, efistub also fails at
efi_bs_call(locate_device_path, &lf2_proto_guid, &dp, &handle), but
initrd works well, this makes me puzzled.

Huacai



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