Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt to reST

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Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Changbin Du 2019-05-08 23:21:36 +08:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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General note on [U]EFI x86_64 support
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The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
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3. x86_64 platform with EFI/UEFI firmware.
Mechanics:
Mechanics
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- Build the kernel with the following configuration.
- Build the kernel with the following configuration::
CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
If EFI runtime services are expected, the following configuration should
be selected.
be selected::
CONFIG_EFI=y
CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y or m # optional
- Create a VFAT partition on the disk
- Copy the following to the VFAT partition:
elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file,
kernel image built in first step and corresponding
initrd. Instructions on building elilo and its dependencies
can be found in the elilo sourceforge project.
- Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built
in first step.
- If some or all EFI runtime services don't work, you can try following
kernel command line parameters to turn off some or all EFI runtime
services.
noefi turn off all EFI runtime services
reboot_type=k turn off EFI reboot runtime service
noefi
turn off all EFI runtime services
reboot_type=k
turn off EFI reboot runtime service
- If the EFI memory map has additional entries not in the E820 map,
you can include those entries in the kernels memory map of available
physical RAM by using the following kernel command line parameter.
add_efi_memmap include EFI memory map of available physical RAM
add_efi_memmap
include EFI memory map of available physical RAM