From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8EC1C433F5 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 16:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from phobos.denx.de (phobos.denx.de [85.214.62.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0865610C9 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 16:30:08 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org C0865610C9 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lists.denx.de Received: from h2850616.stratoserver.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC682834A3; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 18:30:04 +0200 (CEST) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="l2ct8D/s"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by phobos.denx.de (Postfix, from userid 109) id A5F43834BC; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 18:30:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com (mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2a]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by phobos.denx.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87750833A4 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2021 18:29:58 +0200 (CEST) Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: phobos.denx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bmeng.cn@gmail.com Received: by mail-yb1-xb2a.google.com with SMTP id c206so5024320ybb.12 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:29:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=IOe4uGPZKvyCSATEXHEcfM/+6AkdXmXGY8O7VxJ7vDE=; b=l2ct8D/st6H7yyT+QnA6eAgYdA1zsfH8ZzQ5Jf7wjZdvDazKgUypuQUT+SRTfyOjFS 5hMbJMoXoLJRTmQ7n0CrisRs4oozX0AVBWm+48d0+MMXoOMplfWUHR2Rkr4BSnIXS06J wduh7bVpipcIJNgzrD6Y2Htma8JQd+Q53vZjTPqHtZLB/flBS12D4xlWGrM4X9req0vg XaXGs7Y7IROESCjqmAMFy/xdy7+07IO8XKJPeroVVWRGb/WAoN4LDFcmU7E/XttR1aOr 2L3eOSg9zQJ018iWStsx5mxJhmVlw40gsxKIJyoyYoyReTGQK8hkfrGDnN92YBRZ4BMm CEQw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IOe4uGPZKvyCSATEXHEcfM/+6AkdXmXGY8O7VxJ7vDE=; b=HOSh2aODkwd2dsDYx3cHcsSChYrZP/cUBVs5gjQWLRzLG01W9AwpemKv8M0iVuHyxP +vIb9OH7PgWKC3h+3aDe90prDvQV3y2p3Se6jjC1frwDlrFdZ+yI1kufbRl0qW4v8hbs vCekC+vJCidUWL5l4SJa3PTtaZmj+3EZl7FaHwS7oD2MoxeiS8wiTRlHpBzkOPb83K6w PpiWt1LAuNw3qAuerTkBa5xlbLybTsF1ZaBN9OIn8YRWF7ofwMuC04CugzMJNZ659+vX gkQxiMs+qptBuhUv83gftzD0eo1yTCGHvbXu5a4cwgAw4p//M4qDyK63pBZN4IZL3qn8 AMjA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530gN6tq5JwuGvN8taGCSI380fca+rmPhkUHtjUMma4JpojY6mr0 40fDvcSTavzhJUUJIpuSF0DYB2HDsnwYRBrT8Cg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwuPZyJQ8IoZCClJAwyDj5+jMx4QyDX98jC7cdMCps2IRhKV4ph3w2FZvYHrA0WxjkRI/lD2GHHZsXExjI4OaU= X-Received: by 2002:a25:ad52:: with SMTP id l18mr4813272ybe.453.1631204997325; Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:29:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210908133405.696481-1-sjg@chromium.org> In-Reply-To: <20210908133405.696481-1-sjg@chromium.org> From: Bin Meng Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:29:46 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/35] efi: Improvements to U-Boot running on top of UEFI To: Simon Glass Cc: U-Boot Mailing List , Ilias Apalodimas , Heinrich Schuchardt , Tom Rini , Christian Melki , Alexander Graf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: u-boot@lists.denx.de X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: U-Boot discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de Sender: "U-Boot" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.103.2 at phobos.denx.de X-Virus-Status: Clean Hi Simon, On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 9:34 PM Simon Glass wrote: > > At present U-Boot can be built as an EFI app, but it is really just for > testing, with very few features. Instead, the payload build is used for > booting on top of UEFI, where U-Boot takes over the machine immediately > and supplies its own drivers. > > But the app could be made more useful. > > This series provides access to EFI block devices and the video console > within U-Boot. It also restructures the app to make it possible to boot > a kernel, although further work is needed to implement this. > > This can be thought of as making U-Boot perform a little like 'grub', in > that it runs purely based on UEFI-provided services. > > Of course a lot more work is required, but this is a start. Thanks for working on this! > > Note: It would be very useful to include qemu tests of the app and stub > in CI. > > This is available at u-boot-dm/efi-working > Do you have any idea of why this series did not land on patchwork? Regards, Bin