initrd loading, max size, addr_min, and page_align

2015-02-05 Thread Eric Ewanco
Background: I need to use a really large initrd for x86_64 (Linux 3.4.47), and I'm near the limit, so I'm studying grub-core/loader/i386/linux.c to find out the whys and wherefores of the GRUB 2.00 size limit. In the process of doing this I noticed a strange behavior. The code has a ceiling (

Re: [PATCH 00/18] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

2015-02-05 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 05.02.15 at 12:50, wrote: > Le 2015-02-04 10:51, "Jan Beulich" a écrit : >> >> >>> On 04.02.15 at 10:04, wrote: >> > On 03/02/2015 17:14, Daniel Kiper wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 09:28:49AM +, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >> On 30.01.15 at 18:54, wrote: >> - xen.efi buil

Re: [PATCH 00/18] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

2015-02-05 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Le 2015-02-04 10:51, "Jan Beulich" a écrit : > > >>> On 04.02.15 at 10:04, wrote: > > On 03/02/2015 17:14, Daniel Kiper wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 09:28:49AM +, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 30.01.15 at 18:54, wrote: > - xen.efi build will not so strongly depend > o

Re: [PATCH 00/18] x86: multiboot2 protocol support

2015-02-05 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 04/02/15 09:51, Jan Beulich wrote: On 04.02.15 at 10:04, wrote: >> On 03/02/2015 17:14, Daniel Kiper wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 09:28:49AM +, Jan Beulich wrote: >>> On 30.01.15 at 18:54, wrote: > - xen.efi build will not so strongly depend > on a given GCC an