From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A66BD139CFF; Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:22:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1737051742; cv=none; b=BgomvSdCsdSXr+xz0co9iK3mBTRf5GBWxjqEOxL7aB55cpjNK73VkP91gR/rvspi0aPmoDMV0fiafM/zI0PnaElaJEXPEYp3IiXm40Ts3ueoNenM1fNQUEV8p8A+pbL6LWdnO/mie+UFXiatXi0HMPylpDSL/3LoSKJ/H4qYjUE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1737051742; c=relaxed/simple; bh=b+D2nbdjWvvLJAh6nhWkgNuDbLEwL0xZ7Bn8tkQlvWA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=cgx3Ag64oHL/RFaVQLR4hQlgSdINDscwvqoryuZHKEh5jeQydd5lho/T+oV8yxGrqLgeMCqzfWrA1bjBX9l53oMONgfau13PJ5kJE8oudn9rQz8OApBOj79qcxPJXnV8rN/wqgy/LuTcvdIw09ZfuD6Wn+kiOKq6PdcBy4A/2fw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=QPSVsEV2; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="QPSVsEV2" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net AC29D404F0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1737051739; bh=b7py2npeIYZ5+hSFDBhwtSd2czHwdWpRXTYWQAhhFIs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=QPSVsEV28E3iH8JGaRuJnVZ2zQeZSVqFL1PYxPpK2CByFtW7Nslr5dbEMfhSC/6X4 rbaW6nwVrCUC8vLc4/TKANFfsVIEIwm6DubmxXDv6yWAgHI/lAlqmJumxsyeeczD+0 EwEQ+A6Wsy/vdELnfw+r4i3+JrVmwVRis0OeXOFB5fxX5Ca+Qb2LZWPbhOehCwHMmG 7bRb6oB7TRZiJeQE3EVp6YDR5NWlOVfLzL22A8q8LQl0IeJ1R9IZjBnJZx0ppvXODp koiZPw/qtR+VSqDgNG/lYYMwGw6ZPPFWYTiUkGljb0Nf/i1w3d/UkjLHEHTanxx2YZ 18CqSIke9Ji7Q== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:5e00:625::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC29D404F0; Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:22:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Nir Lichtman , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com Cc: bagasdotme@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: Fix x86_64 UEFI outdated references to elilo In-Reply-To: <20250108113522.GA897677@lichtman.org> References: <20250108113522.GA897677@lichtman.org> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:22:18 -0700 Message-ID: <87ikqezkit.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Nir Lichtman writes: > Problem: The x86_64 UEFI doc references Elilo which is an > unmaintained/orphaned bootloader project. Also, on x86_64 a bootloader > is technically not actually required since there is support for the > Linux EFI stub. > > Solution: Remove the references to Elilo from the doc and refer to the > EFI stub doc page, update steps accordingly, and add more details about > creation of the EFI partition to improve clarity. > > Signed-off-by: Nir Lichtman > --- I've applied this, but ... > v2: Fix list not rendered properly and minor wording fixes (thanks for the CR Bagas) > Also fix to use shorter lines > > Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst | 36 +++++++++++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst > index fbc30c9a071d..3949d83a9915 100644 > --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst > +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/uefi.rst > @@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ with EFI firmware and specifications are listed below. > > 1. UEFI specification: http://www.uefi.org > > -2. Booting Linux kernel on UEFI x86_64 platform requires bootloader > - support. Elilo with x86_64 support can be used. > +2. Booting Linux kernel on UEFI x86_64 platform can either be > + done using the or using a separate bootloader. > ...I did take the liberty of wrapping the above line to fit within 80 columns. Thanks, jon