[syslinux] [PATCH] efi: leaving long mode in kernel_jump routine
Patrick Masotta
masottaus at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 24 07:27:30 PDT 2015
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 2:55 AM, Thomas Letan via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> Syslinux 6.03 (efi64) fails to boot a 32-bit kernel. The way Syslinux
> leaves long mode in kernel_jump assembly routine does not follow AMD64
> specifications. More precisely:
> 1. After setting a new GADT, `cs` has to be refresh by doing a long
> jump, but it is not
> 2. Other segments have to be updated, but they are not
> 3. Disabling paging has to be done before disabling long mode, but the
> implementation does the opposite
>
> In most cases, a computer that tries to execute the kernel_jump routine
> reboot (it can also hangs). This patch fixes the kernel_jump routine.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Letan <thomas.letan at ssi.gouv.fr>
> ---
> efi/x86_64/linux.S | 61
>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
I can just confirm this patch:
1) it is needed.
2) it solves the problem.
3) so far not regression detected.
Test:
Client Hardware: HP 2570P
Boot Mode: PXE EFI64
Target OS: ubuntu-15.04-desktop-i386.iso
Trying to PXE boot "ubuntu-15.04-desktop-i386.iso" on an EFI64
platform quietly aborts after transferring initrd.lz.
After applying the present patch "ubuntu-15.04-desktop-i386.iso"
booted normally. The normal booting of AMD64 based OSs looks
unaffected by the patch.
Best,
Patrick
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