Re: [PATCH v5 edk2-platforms 00/22] Platform/RaspberryPi: Add Raspberry Pi 3 support

[Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 11:27, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 04:50, Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > the
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2/5/19 10:25 AM, Pete Batard wrote:
> > > Changes for v5:
> > >
> > > * Raspberry/Pi3 -> RaspberryPi/RPi3
> > > * Remove VirtualRealTimeClockLib as well as BUILD_EPOCH macro (use the upcoming
> > >    EmbeddedPkg Virtual RTC from EDK2 instead)
> > > * Use $(PLATFORM_NAME) where possible in .dsc and .fdf
> > > * Update Readme to remove build instructions, describe ACPI limitations, fix
> > >    ATF Readme link and split OS installation & test notes into a separate file.
> > > * Add -Wl,--fix-cortex-a53-843419 to LINK_FLAGS
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT: Due to the removal of VirtualRealTimeClockLib this series requires
> > > https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/036301.html to have
> > > been applied to your edk2 repository.
> >
> > I would just like to congratulate everyone working on this port. It is
> > crazy awesome! I just applied these patches, followed the readme
> > instructions for the SD card. Then grabbed a USB DVD drive, and a USB
> > SSD, plugged in a keyboard/mouse/monitor/network and booted the fedora
> > 29 1.2 install ISO. The graphical installer ran as expected, system
> > installed as expected, and other than the nextboot not being reset (had
> > to update it via the BDS, as is documented) it "just worked".
> >
> > There are a few rough edges here/there but the idea that we have another
> > ARM machine that almost behaves like one expects a modern computing
> > device to behave, is wonderful. The only real gocha continues to be the
> > rpi's well known shortcomings, including the fact that it took nearly 6
> > hours to install.
> >
> >
> > so,
> >
> > Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
> >
>
> Thanks Jeremy.
>
> I fully agree, and I am quite happy to have an example to point to the
> next time someone wants to contribute some 96boards UEFI port that
> looks like u-boot and only runs on the serial port

For the series

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

edk2-non-osi pieces pushed as

863a3237a74c Platform/RaspberryPi/RPi3: Add ATF binaries
9c52bc5c0f14 Platform/RaspberryPi/RPi3: Add Device Tree binaries
635f97e09aaa Platform/RaspberryPi/RPi3: Add logo driver

edk2-platforms pieces pushed as 06454982de98..94d6843f1a90

Thanks again, Pete, and everyone else for the excellent work.

/me goes and updates his blog