Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-13 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 13 September 2018 at 22:22, Scott Branden wrote: > > > On 18-09-10 11:08 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> >> On 10 September 2018 at 20:01, Olof Johansson wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Scott Branden >>> wrote: Olof/All, On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likel

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-13 Thread Scott Branden
On 18-09-10 11:08 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 10 September 2018 at 20:01, Olof Johansson wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Scott Branden wrote: Olof/All, On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't see what the

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-10 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 10 September 2018 at 20:01, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Scott Branden > wrote: >> Olof/All, >> >> >> On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: >>> >>> Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't >>> see what the problem is. Distros canno

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-10 Thread Olof Johansson
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Scott Branden wrote: > Olof/All, > > > On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: >> >> Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't >> see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that >> require a dtb= parameter, and

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-10 Thread Scott Branden
Olof/All, On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that require a dtb= parameter, and so they probably won't. They may or may not disable 'dtb=', depending on

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-09 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 9 September 2018 at 13:07, Catalin Marinas wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 11:04:36AM -0700, Scott Branden wrote: >> On 18-09-05 11:00 AM, Grant Likely wrote: >> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM Scott Branden >> > wrote: >> > > On 18-09-05 02:40 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> > > > On 4 Septem

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-09 Thread Catalin Marinas
On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 11:04:36AM -0700, Scott Branden wrote: > On 18-09-05 11:00 AM, Grant Likely wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM Scott Branden > > wrote: > > > On 18-09-05 02:40 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > On 4 September 2018 at 19:19, Scott Branden > > > > wrote: > > > > > R

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Grant Likely
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:37 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 4 September 2018 at 12:13, Grant Likely wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 7:24 AM Ard Biesheuvel > > wrote: > >> > >> On 2 September 2018 at 04:54, Olof Johansson wrote: > >> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Ard Biesheuvel > >> > wr

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Scott Branden
On 18-09-05 11:00 AM, Grant Likely wrote: On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM Scott Branden wrote: On 18-09-05 02:40 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 4 September 2018 at 19:19, Scott Branden wrote: Rather than introduce EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER, why not have the efistub use CONFIG_OF to determine

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Grant Likely
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 6:27 PM Scott Branden wrote: > > > > On 18-09-05 02:40 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On 4 September 2018 at 19:19, Scott Branden > > wrote: > >> Rather than introduce EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER, why not have > >> the efistub use CONFIG_OF to determine whether it supports dtb=

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Scott Branden
On 18-09-05 02:40 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 4 September 2018 at 19:19, Scott Branden wrote: Rather than introduce EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER, why not have the efistub use CONFIG_OF to determine whether it supports dtb= or not? That way ACPI-only distros disable devicetree support entirely.

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 4 September 2018 at 19:19, Scott Branden wrote: > > Rather than introduce EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER, why not have > the efistub use CONFIG_OF to determine whether it supports dtb= or not? > > That way ACPI-only distros disable devicetree support entirely. > Unfortunately, CONFIG_OF cannot be disa

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-05 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Hi Grant, Thanks for chiming in. On 4 September 2018 at 12:13, Grant Likely wrote: > Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't > see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that > require a dtb= parameter, and so they probably won't. They may or

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-04 Thread Olof Johansson
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 3:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: > Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't > see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that > require a dtb= parameter, and so they probably won't. They may or may > not disable 'dtb=', dependi

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-04 Thread Scott Branden
On 18-09-04 03:13 AM, Grant Likely wrote: Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that require a dtb= parameter, and so they probably won't. They may or may not disable 'dtb=', depending on whether

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-04 Thread Grant Likely
Hey folks. More comments below, but the short answer is I really don't see what the problem is. Distros cannot easily support platforms that require a dtb= parameter, and so they probably won't. They may or may not disable 'dtb=', depending on whether they see it as valuable for debug. Vertically

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-03 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 2 September 2018 at 04:54, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Ard Biesheuvel > wrote: >> On 30 August 2018 at 17:06, Olof Johansson wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ard Biesheuvel >>> wrote: On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden wrote: >

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-09-01 Thread Olof Johansson
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:23 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 30 August 2018 at 17:06, Olof Johansson wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ard Biesheuvel >> wrote: >>> On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden >>> wrote: Hi Olof, On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wr

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-31 Thread Scott Branden
Hi Olof/Ard, On 18-08-30 09:23 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 30 August 2018 at 17:06, Olof Johansson wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden wrote: Hi Olof, On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote: Hi, On Wed, Aug 29,

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-30 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 30 August 2018 at 17:06, Olof Johansson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ard Biesheuvel > wrote: >> On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden wrote: >>> Hi Olof, >>> >>> >>> On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote: Hi, On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott B

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-30 Thread Olof Johansson
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden wrote: >> Hi Olof, >> >> >> On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden >>> wrote: Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to ad

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-29 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 29 August 2018 at 20:59, Scott Branden wrote: > Hi Olof, > > > On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden >> wrote: >>> >>> Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line >>> parameter to function with efi

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-29 Thread Scott Branden
Hi Olof, On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote: Hi, On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden wrote: Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line parameter to function with efi loader. Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetr

Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

2018-08-29 Thread Olof Johansson
Hi, On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden wrote: > Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line > parameter to function with efi loader. > > Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetree > provided by the platform or by the bootloader.