Re: What's the point of allocating the protected mode code on 0x100000 only (UEFI)

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

George Buranov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just found another computer with working UEFI (I was testing on UEFI
> simulation) and just found that the kernel load does not work. I found
> out that the problem is in code
>
>   /* Next, find free pages for the protected mode code.  */
>   /* XXX what happens if anything is using this address?  */
>   prot_mode_mem = grub_efi_allocate_pages (0x100000, prot_mode_pages + 1);
>   if (! prot_mode_mem)
>     {
>       grub_error (GRUB_ERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
>           "cannot allocate protected mode pages");
>       goto fail;
>     }
>
> This function return with false for me. I am continuing investigation,
> but maybe you know the reason why the allocation is on this special
> address? Can we change it?
As I already said I have a working prototype for this in newreloc branch.
>
> Regards,
> Georgy
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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