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From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: jgross@suse.com, eric.snowberg@oracle.com, arvidjaar@gmail.com,
	andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, tsoome@me.com,
	seth.goldberg@oracle.com, phcoder@gmail.com
Subject: [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 10/13] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms
Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2016 23:52:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1481064781-16949-11-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1481064781-16949-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com>

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
---
v2 - suggestions/fixes:
   - add missing the articles
     (suggested by Andrew Cooper).
---
 doc/multiboot.texi |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index 13e4e80..35f2bed 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -941,6 +941,10 @@ possible value for lower memory is 640 kilobytes. The value returned for
 upper memory is maximally the address of the first upper memory hole
 minus 1 megabyte. It is not guaranteed to be this value.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
+
 @subsection BIOS Boot device
 @example
 @group
@@ -1092,6 +1096,10 @@ indicated a reserved area.
 The map provided is guaranteed to list all standard @sc{ram} that should
 be available for normal use. This type however includes the regions occupied by kernel, mbi, segments and modules. Kernel must take care not to overwrite these regions.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
+
 @subsection Boot loader name
 @example
 @group
@@ -1324,6 +1332,9 @@ u32     | descriptor version|
 
 This tag contains EFI memory map as per EFI specification.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
 
 @subsection EFI boot services not terminated
 @example
-- 
1.7.10.4


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From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, arvidjaar@gmail.com,
	eric.snowberg@oracle.com,  jgross@suse.com,
	konrad.wilk@oracle.com, phcoder@gmail.com,
	seth.goldberg@oracle.com, tsoome@me.com
Subject: [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 10/13] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms
Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2016 23:52:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1481064781-16949-11-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1481064781-16949-1-git-send-email-daniel.kiper@oracle.com>

Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
---
v2 - suggestions/fixes:
   - add missing the articles
     (suggested by Andrew Cooper).
---
 doc/multiboot.texi |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/multiboot.texi b/doc/multiboot.texi
index 13e4e80..35f2bed 100644
--- a/doc/multiboot.texi
+++ b/doc/multiboot.texi
@@ -941,6 +941,10 @@ possible value for lower memory is 640 kilobytes. The value returned for
 upper memory is maximally the address of the first upper memory hole
 minus 1 megabyte. It is not guaranteed to be this value.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
+
 @subsection BIOS Boot device
 @example
 @group
@@ -1092,6 +1096,10 @@ indicated a reserved area.
 The map provided is guaranteed to list all standard @sc{ram} that should
 be available for normal use. This type however includes the regions occupied by kernel, mbi, segments and modules. Kernel must take care not to overwrite these regions.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
+
 @subsection Boot loader name
 @example
 @group
@@ -1324,6 +1332,9 @@ u32     | descriptor version|
 
 This tag contains EFI memory map as per EFI specification.
 
+This tag may not be provided by some boot loaders on EFI platforms if EFI boot
+services are enabled and available for the loaded image (EFI boot services
+not terminated tag exists in Multiboot2 information structure).
 
 @subsection EFI boot services not terminated
 @example
-- 
1.7.10.4



  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-06 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-06 22:52 [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 00/13] multiboot2: Update documentation Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 01/13] multiboot2: Replace u_phys with u32 Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-10 17:23   ` Andrei Borzenkov
2016-12-10 17:23     ` Andrei Borzenkov
2016-12-12 13:48     ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-12 13:48       ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 02/13] multiboot2: Replace u_virt " Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 03/13] multiboot2: Rename Multiboot to Multiboot2 Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 04/13] multiboot2: Replace redundant if with the Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 05/13] multiboot2: Clarify meaning of information request header tag Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 06/13] multiboot2: Fix description of EFI boot services tag Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 07/13] multiboot2: Add description of support for EFI boot services Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 14:33   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-07 14:33     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-07 18:21     ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 18:21     ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 08/13] multiboot2: Add description of EFI image handle tags Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 09/13] multiboot2: Add description of support for relocatable images Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper [this message]
2016-12-06 22:52   ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 10/13] multiboot2: Say that memory maps may not be available on EFI platforms Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 11/13] multiboot2: Add C structure members alignment and padding consideration section Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:52 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:53 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 12/13] multiboot2: Add me to authors Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:53   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:53 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 13/13] multiboot2: Bump version to 2.0 Daniel Kiper
2016-12-06 22:53   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07  3:45 ` [MULTIBOOT2 DOC PATCH v3 00/13] multiboot2: Update documentation Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-07  3:45 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-07 11:26   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 11:26   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 14:34     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-07 18:24       ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 18:24       ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-07 14:34     ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2016-12-09 12:57 ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-09 12:57   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-14 13:21   ` Daniel Kiper
2016-12-14 13:21     ` Daniel Kiper

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