Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-30 Thread Andrew Fish via groups.io
> On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:52 AM, Devon Bautista > wrote: > > Hi Gerd, > >>> The current maximum image size of an OVMF image is 4MB, which is >>> insufficient for storing even a minimal and compressed kernel and initramfs. >>> To get around this, we've been maintaining our own fork of EDK2 that

Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-30 Thread Devon Bautista
Hi Gerd, >> The current maximum image size of an OVMF image is 4MB, which is >> insufficient for storing even a minimal and compressed kernel and initramfs. >> To get around this, we've been maintaining our own fork of EDK2 that adds >> 8MiB and 16MiB OVMF build targets that have enough room in th

Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-29 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, > The current maximum image size of an OVMF image is 4MB, which is > insufficient for storing even a minimal and compressed kernel and initramfs. > To get around this, we've been maintaining our own fork of EDK2 that adds > 8MiB and 16MiB OVMF build targets that have enough room in the DXE v

Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-27 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
(+ Gerd) On Sat, 21 Aug 2021 at 03:10, Devon Bautista wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am currently working with the Linuxboot developers to improve testing > kernel + initramfs pairs in firmware using OVMF. > > The current maximum image size of an OVMF image is 4MB, which is insufficient > for stor

Re: [edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-20 Thread Devon Bautista
For reference, here is a summary of which sections increased when the 4MiB build target was added (taken from commit [`b24fca05`](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/b24fca05751f8222acf264853709012e0ab7bf49)) after the previous 2MiB limit: ``` DescriptionCompression type

[edk2-devel] OVMF: NV Variable Store Layout of Larger Build Targets

2021-08-20 Thread Devon Bautista
Hello All, I am currently working with the Linuxboot developers to improve testing kernel + initramfs pairs in firmware using OVMF. The current maximum image size of an OVMF image is 4MB, which is insufficient for storing even a minimal and compressed kernel and initramfs. To get around this