Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/5] i386/relocator: Remove unused avoid_efi_bootservices argument

[Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 07:50:51PM +0200, Vladimir 'Ï-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
wrote:
> On 30.05.2015 07:25, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> > Ð Fri, 29 May 2015 22:58:43 +0200
> > Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> >
> >> Another questions is why grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_addr() does not 
> >> consult EFI
> >> memory map if grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_align() does. Should not we fix 
> >> it?
> >
> > My best guess is that grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_addr() gets target
> > from elsewhere so there is nothing to consult (it is caller
> > responsibility); while grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_align() needs to
> > actually search for suitable memory region.
> >
> My suggestion would be to pass avoid_boot_services = 1 in multiboot2 iff
> we don't terminate the services. Any problems with this approach?

I am just working on new GRUB2 patches. I thought to go that way. I hope
this is good idea. Probably I will post new version of patches next week.

Daniel

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