Re: [PATCH V1] hostdisk: Fix linux disk cache workaround on multipath disks

2018-09-20 Thread Michael Chang
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 03:28:34PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 03:20:34PM +0800, Michael Chang wrote: > > In grub-core/osdep/linux/hostdisk.c::grub_util_fd_open_device() there's > > comment > > about linux disk cache issue as below: > > > > /* Linux has a bug that the di

Re: efinet SNP issue affects iscsi boot

2018-09-20 Thread Michael Chang
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 06:06:15PM -0600, Micah Parrish wrote: > Hi, new subscriber here.  We have a problem with Grub 2 and its use of SNP > instead of MNP.  Our UEFI driver for a network card parses the relevant DHCP > options for iSCSI boot, generates an iBFT table, then gets closed by Grub > wh

Re: efinet SNP issue affects iscsi boot

2018-09-20 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 06:38:07PM +0800, Michael Chang wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 06:06:15PM -0600, Micah Parrish wrote: > > Hi, new subscriber here.? We have a problem with Grub 2 and its use of SNP > > instead of MNP.? Our UEFI driver for a network card parses the relevant DHCP > > options

Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] grub-install: Use arm-efi target EFI-mode QEMU virt machines

2018-09-20 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:33:46PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > Now that Leif has fixed up the arm-uefi target, I'm looking at adding that > support into Debian/Ubuntu for virtual machines. One issue is that > 'grub-install' errors out by default when only the arm-efi flavor is > installed: > > $ s

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] arm: grub-install: Default to arm-efi target in EFI-based QEMU virt models

2018-09-20 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:33:48PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > From: dann frazier > > We currently default to the arm-uboot target in grub-install, > but arm-efi should be used for some systems with UEFI firmware, such as > Tianocore/EDK2-based QEMU models. We could change the default to arm-efi

Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] arm: grub-install: Default to arm-efi target in EFI-based QEMU virt models

2018-09-20 Thread Leif Lindholm
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 01:33:48PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > From: dann frazier > > We currently default to the arm-uboot target in grub-install, > but arm-efi should be used for some systems with UEFI firmware, such as > Tianocore/EDK2-based QEMU models. We could change the default to arm-efi

Re: efinet SNP issue affects iscsi boot

2018-09-20 Thread Micah Parrish
On 09/20/2018 07:47 AM, grub-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 06:38:07PM +0800, Michael Chang wrote: On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 06:06:15PM -0600, Micah Parrish wrote: Hi, new subscriber here.? We have a problem with Grub 2 and its use of SNP instead of MNP.? Our UEFI driver f