From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5EF121A0BA9C for ; Tue, 23 May 2017 09:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B20E64D9B; Tue, 23 May 2017 16:04:03 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 3B20E64D9B Authentication-Results: ext-mx09.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx09.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lersek@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 3B20E64D9B Received: from lacos-laptop-7.usersys.redhat.com (ovpn-116-123.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.116.123]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9481B5DD66; Tue, 23 May 2017 16:04:01 +0000 (UTC) To: Jan Beulich , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: julien.grall@arm.com, Jordan Justen , edk2-devel-01 , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Gary Lin References: <20170506193023.4767-1-lersek@redhat.com> <20170508042759.kuut2vueabxvimwk@GaryWorkstation> <20170512020215.jvnmgzvrgdv66ere@GaryWorkstation> <12b9e870-30e4-8b88-9851-771d94264552@redhat.com> <149489525952.434.10185839319642314352@jljusten-skl> <20170516042034.hpf3fllcarzkgomh@GaryWorkstation> <5abcc684-72e4-990b-0682-7c163a7fc9cf@redhat.com> <20170523141200.GB29008@localhost.localdomain> <59246AD9020000780015C380@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> From: Laszlo Ersek Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 18:04:00 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <59246AD9020000780015C380@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Tue, 23 May 2017 16:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Is: Fix for 4MB BIOS payload in hvmloader. Was:Re: [PATCH 0/5] OvmfPkg: complete the 4MB flash image support ("-bios" / emulated variables) X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 16:04:04 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 05/23/17 17:01, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>> On 23.05.17 at 16:12, wrote: >> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 02:36:33PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>> The situation is further hampered by the fact that Xen is (apparently) >>> right at 4.9.0-rc5, so they likely won't commit Jan's hvmloader patch >>> until Xen 4.9 is out. This is a problem for a potential TianoCore-side >>> BZ because the delay will make us forget about the issue. > > The patch went in in time for rc6. Thank you Jan for the speedy fix! While reviewing version 2 of this patch set, Jordan wrote in : > With the understanding that we're holding off on the final patch for > now to coordinate with Xen: > > Series Reviewed-by: Jordan Justen "the final patch" referenced there was: [edk2] [PATCH v2 5/5] OvmfPkg: make the 4MB flash size the default (again) https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2017-May/010763.html So I have now modified the commit message on that patch, adding the following paragraph: > Xen gained support for the 4MB flash image in Xen commit 0d6968635ce5 > ("hvmloader: avoid tests when they would clobber used memory", > 2017-05-19), which is part of Xen 4.9.0-rc6. Seeing Gary's Tested-by on the Xen commit, I've also pushed the reworded edk2 patch, as commit 1c47fcd465a4. Thanks! Laszlo