From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-x233.google.com (mail-io0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C883D81D57 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 04:29:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-io0-x233.google.com with SMTP id x94so38259990ioi.3 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 04:29:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=PfkqFpOWD7qHGm3bSszCLReAaRIJlr5egwUVKFdjEy4=; b=OQm9Eg3Nd5VIsErhAfPXl/iNNR3koF60osfZ5aB/sGXZdexEqj1MfOK3L0xZVP7Z3K SY24um9Be0OK+CSRlqBjIESHAK2txMdkRw5N9xWOJLhZg0l+BKfOdelbu7xskFLBbDG1 v6i8bTZok6arRn7jF7VY130dcdOmyeHGejfoA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=PfkqFpOWD7qHGm3bSszCLReAaRIJlr5egwUVKFdjEy4=; b=Lp9JA1A2HKQDeuUdsgvdkifQDlQ+ytOl8XKFihxGzrhdvnLU1pFO0CZ0vIfXs0vvgx PLlDARfxOikYCmGldFFgPiKUCQ8g3EDgWxOJdcdP8suTiRQbXeHwvVUznJ6wRbzEluoD GMDDduej8nYG/eajUH4vm8KAMk4KkH7c6wBI68SBN5z8Y2jPm52jYpTQsj5dSwfSEfhF rEb4X9vsn8vSn9rQ98YQPia35uXom4omaJtFrN4EuIzI5Zi28kVVtB+A+Dx7jDRhTmOJ ZCM53vmf6KerBwZGd1FPhqbXvhLQjnDDiBynnTVIWT0jimLSpIrlVt9M+O1oqcuSlD9n POFA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC0076WiYjYPWMCou7K1oX3qCScRp8e8rJTTRk87RK6Ksv7lF/IFOpgwHZp1LXVO6RJesO70dtRjKJSgNIgul X-Received: by 10.107.18.39 with SMTP id a39mr9958494ioj.45.1479731359110; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 04:29:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.59.147 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 04:29:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1479731290-22497-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> References: <1479731290-22497-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> From: Ard Biesheuvel Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:29:18 +0000 Message-ID: To: edk2-devel-01 , Leif Lindholm , Ryan Harkin Cc: Ard Biesheuvel Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove the ArmPkg LinuxLoader X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:29:20 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 21 November 2016 at 12:28, Ard Biesheuvel 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