Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-22 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
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Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-21 Thread Michael D Kinney
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Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-21 Thread Jeff Brasen via groups.io
io ; ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org ; Justen, Jordan L ; gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn ; Liu, Zhiguang ; Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi Ard, If this dev

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-21 Thread Michael D Kinney
+tianoc...@kernel.org; Justen, Jordan L ; gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn; Liu, Zhiguang ; Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID In my opinion MdePkg is where this should be as it is meant to be used by multiple software entities

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-21 Thread Daniel Schaefer
On 7/16/21 11:56 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 17:00, Kinney, Michael D wrote: Hi Ard, I see you were involved in the OS side changes. Can you explain what is required for the FW <-> OS interface with respect to Load File Protocol and this media device path node. What ha

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-20 Thread Jeff Brasen via groups.io
: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID External email: Use caution opening links or attachments On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 17:00, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > > Hi Ard, > > I see you were involved in the OS side changes. > > Can y

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-16 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 17:00, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > > Hi Ard, > > I see you were involved in the OS side changes. > > Can you explain what is required for the FW <-> OS interface with respect to > Load File Protocol and this media device path node. > > What happens if this media device path

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-16 Thread Michael D Kinney
ps.io; > ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org; Justen, Jordan L > ; gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn; Liu, Zhiguang > ; Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud > > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of > LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 01:20, Jeff Brasen wrote: >

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-16 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
, July 15, 2021 4:56 PM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io ; Jeff Brasen > ; Kinney, Michael D > Cc: ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org ; Justen, Jordan L > ; gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn > ; Liu, Zhiguang > Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of > LINUX_EFI_INITR

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-15 Thread Jeff Brasen via groups.io
uang Subject: RE: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Is this GUID defined in an industry standard or public spec? If not, then MdeModulePkg may be a better choice if this is a GUID defines for

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-15 Thread Michael D Kinney
day, July 15, 2021 11:08 AM > To: devel@edk2.groups.io > Cc: ardb+tianoc...@kernel.org; Kinney, Michael D > ; Justen, Jordan L > ; gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn; Liu, Zhiguang > ; Jeff Brasen > > Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of >

[edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] MdePkg: add definition of LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID

2021-07-15 Thread Jeff Brasen via groups.io
Add LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID to our collection of GUID definitions, it can be used in a media device path to specify a Linux style initrd that can be loaded by the OS using the LoadFile2 protocol. Move these defines to MdePkg from OvmfPkg as these are relevant to non-OVMF targets as well. Ref: