From: Huang, Ying Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:31:19 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86: EFI runtime service support: document for EFI runtime services X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1143^2~580 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ad65e4748f55e3159283d7fa9d54fb30c086113;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git x86: EFI runtime service support: document for EFI runtime services This patch adds document for EFI x86_64 runtime services support. Signed-off-by: Chandramouli Narayanan Signed-off-by: Huang Ying Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index d7a33325868..638bf46ca05 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Idle loop Rebooting - reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] + reboot=b[ios] | t[riple] | k[bd] | a[cpi] | e[fi] [, [w]arm | [c]old] bios Use the CPU reboot vector for warm reset warm Don't set the cold reboot flag cold Set the cold reboot flag @@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Rebooting acpi Use the ACPI RESET_REG in the FADT. If ACPI is not configured or the ACPI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using the keyboard controller. + efi Use efi reset_system runtime service. If EFI is not configured or the + EFI reset does not work, the reboot path attempts the reset using + the keyboard controller. Using warm reset will be much faster especially on big memory systems because the BIOS will not go through the memory check. @@ -303,4 +306,8 @@ Debugging newfallback: use new unwinder but fall back to old if it gets stuck (default) +EFI + + noefi Disable EFI support + Miscellaneous diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt index 91a98edfb58..7d77120a518 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Mechanics: - Build the kernel with the following configuration. CONFIG_FB_EFI=y CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y + If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should + be selected. + CONFIG_EFI=y + CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m # optional - Create a VFAT partition on the disk - Copy the following to the VFAT partition: elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file, @@ -27,3 +31,8 @@ Mechanics: can be found in the elilo sourceforge project. - Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built in first step. +- If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following + kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime + services. + noefi turn off all EFI runtime services + reboot_type=k turn off EFI reboot runtime service