Re: EFI mixed mode boot failure

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On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 at 20:04, Nicholas Bishop <nicholasbishop@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Which platform/EFI implementation are you using?
>
> Testing on an Intel Compute Stick (Cherry Trail) and QEMU+OVMF. (I'm
> using an older build of OVMF because recent releases fail on ia32 with
> an exception early in boot for me.) I'm using a custom bootloader that
> invokes the compat entry point.
>

Interesting. Does your custom bootloader implement its own PE loader,
and if so, does it correctly clear those parts of the PE/COFF sections
that are not covered by data in the file?

> > In any case, it seems your analysis is correct, and no BSS clearing is
> > performed on the compat entry point boot path. So please check whether
> > something like the below fixes your issue as well.
>
> Confirmed that this boots successfully on both the test device and VM.

Thanks. I'll have a patch out right away.




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