From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751972AbaIFTGd (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:06:33 -0400 Received: from [83.145.59.141] ([83.145.59.141]:15427 "EHLO stoexhubfe02.domain01.net" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751887AbaIFTGb (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:06:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 21:05:35 +0200 From: Anders Darander To: Matt Fleming CC: "H. Peter Anvin" , Yinghai Lu , Matt Fleming , Ingo Molnar , Mantas =?utf-8?Q?Mikul=C4=97nas?= , "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4] x86: only load initrd above 4g on second try Message-ID: <20140906190534.GA4767@ad.chargestorm.se> References: <1409806207-3992-1-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org> <20140904100137.GK3001@console-pimps.org> <5408D299.5000300@zytor.com> <20140905221616.GP3001@console-pimps.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140905221616.GP3001@console-pimps.org> X-Accept-Language: sv, en, de X-GPG-Fingerprint: 5AF0 B2E9 78FE 9D75 D110 6F8F 3E31 84D7 920E 938C X-GPG-Key-Id: 0x920E938C X-GPG-Keyserver: hkp://keys.gnupg.net Organization: ChargeStorm AB User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-GFI-SMTP-Submission: 1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Matt Fleming [140906 00:16]: > On Thu, 04 Sep, at 01:59:05PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I am fine with this patch, but at the same time I do want to note that > > there is an alternative to double-buffer the patch and/or (if that > > applies to the buggy BIOS) round up the size of the target buffer. > I took a whack at the double-buffer strategy, and I think the patch is > conceptually pretty straight forward. > Could someone try out the following patch? It works around the problem > on my ASUS machine. Your patch works around the problem on my Dell machine also. With that one applied, it boots fine! Thus, Tested-by: Anders Darander Cheers, Anders -- All the troubles you have will pass away very quickly.