Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 0/4] arm64, xen: add xen_boot support into grup-mkconfig

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

On 01/09/16 22:51, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Hey Julien,
Hi Daniel,

> On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 01:47:05PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> > We have a couple series (this series and [1]) to allow grub booting
> > Xen on ARM that have been waiting on the GRUB ML for a while to be
> > pushed.
> >
> > Those patches have been tested and already integrated in some
> > distributions. It would be nice to get them in GRUB upstream.
> As I can see at least some of them listed here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6wveo1_WsAyEHMD041xMYvhDTDp3jQYzmqkgBx57HM/
>
> So, this is good sign. Currently, we are agreeing what should be
> taken into 2.02 train. We are considering just most important things
> and fixes. Hence, I am not able to promise that we include in 2.02
> all ARM patches mentioned by you if they are not on the above list
> right now. However, if it does not happen I will put them on the
> list for release after 2.02 (assuming that they are OK).
So it looks like that this series is in the list. However, the patch [1] 
is missing. It is a requirement for this series, without it Xen will 
crash when booting with GRUB.
> > Would it be possible for you to take a look?
> Sure thing. However, I am working on some stuff for Xen 4.8 and as
> you may know deadline is quite close. So, I will take care of
> GRUB2 things in the second half of September. Stay tuned...
It is fine by me.

Thank you,

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2016-02/msg00205.html

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Julien Grall

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