[trimming the list - wow a lot of people!] Hi Bin,
On 23 July 2015 at 10:05, Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:48 PM, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: >> This series allows U-Boot to be built as an EFI payload so that U-Boot >> can be started on almost any x86 platform that supports EFI. This is >> implemented as a stub which EFI can load plus a payload that is copied >> to RAM. The payload contains a normal U-Boot binary image and device tree. >> >> This allows U-Boot to run on platforms that have EFI support but are not >> supported natively by U-Boot. It also allows testing and fiddling with the >> board using U-Boots memory display and other commands. >> >> In addition, U-Boot can be built as an EFI application. This should work >> regardless of the board type since it only relies on EFI services. However >> only 32-bit EFI is supported in this case. Again it can be used to snoop >> around the platform. >> >> A README provides further details of how this series operates. >> > > This is really great work! Thank you. > > So far I've finished reviewing the first 33 patch in the series, which > covers the u-boot efi application support. After I started to look at > the efi payload support whening review patch#34, I came up with > another solution[1] to create efi payload which is different from > yours. My version does not touch ASFLAGS_REMOVE for u-boot-dtb.o hence > I believe it can be easily portable to ARM. > > I've tested u-boot.efi on Intel Crown Bay and QEMU, and > u-boot-payload.efi on QEMU 64-bit. They work like a charm. It's > amazing work! > > I will continue reviewing the remaining patches tomorrow. > > [1]: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/499458/ Thanks very much! I'm pleased you think it is useful. The implementation certainly has opportunities for improvement but I think it's a good solid start. Also thanks for your reviews, very much appreciated. I know it is a lot of work to go through such a large series, but it will produce a better result with fewer patches! > > [snip] > > Regards, > Bin Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
