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From: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: edk2-devel-01 <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove the ArmPkg LinuxLoader
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:28:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD0U-h+Hy3O=BFBn11c=bdZ2s8kBabgDoREw+ZVYaaoFs_EXww@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKv+Gu9kj0EnCHPxXEm7xCvujCxR0iqvnXTBU36Nu_YPHf4z_w@mail.gmail.com>

On 21 November 2016 at 12:29, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 21 November 2016 at 12:28, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>> The LinuxLoader application is a deprecated development tool that allowed
>> Linux kernels to be booted on ARM or arm64 before proper OS loader functionality
>> had been implemented. Now that this is the case, both in GRUB and in the
>> respective kernel trees, we should no longer be using the LinuxLoader, which
>> means it certainly does not belong in a reference code base such as Tiancore.
>> So replace or remove existing references (#1, #2) before deleting the code
>> altogether (#3)
>>
>> Ard Biesheuvel (3):
>>   EmbeddedPkg/AndroidFastboot: drop dependency on the LinuxLoader
>>   BeagleBoardPkg/BeagleBoardPkg.dsc: remove the LinuxLoader application
>>   ArmPkg: remove the LinuxLoader application
>>
>
> Code can be found here:
> https://git.linaro.org/people/ard.biesheuvel/uefi-next.git/log/?h=kill-bill

Series tested on FVP, TC2 and Juno R0/1/2.

Tested-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>

I can review tomorrow if you want a Reviewed-by too.


  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-21 17:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-21 12:28 [PATCH 0/3] Remove the ArmPkg LinuxLoader Ard Biesheuvel
2016-11-21 12:28 ` [PATCH 1/3] EmbeddedPkg/AndroidFastboot: drop dependency on the LinuxLoader Ard Biesheuvel
2016-11-22 17:07   ` Ryan Harkin
2016-11-21 12:28 ` [PATCH 2/3] BeagleBoardPkg/BeagleBoardPkg.dsc: remove the LinuxLoader application Ard Biesheuvel
2016-11-21 12:28 ` [PATCH 3/3] ArmPkg: " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-11-21 12:29 ` [PATCH 0/3] Remove the ArmPkg LinuxLoader Ard Biesheuvel
2016-11-21 17:28   ` Ryan Harkin [this message]
2016-11-22 17:09     ` Ryan Harkin
2016-11-25 12:59       ` Ard Biesheuvel

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