[PATCH 0/6] x86: efi: Add a 64-bit coreboot payload

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 10:05:06 CEST 2020


Hi Simon,

On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 7:22 AM Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> This series creates a new 64-bit 'coreboot64' build which can be launched
> from coreboot. It uses SPL to effect the jump to 64-bit mode.

Adding 64-bit U-Boot as a coreboot payload is nice.

>
> This was done in an attempt to get the Ubuntu FirmwareTestSuite[1]

Yet I fail to understand why adding 64-bit U-Boot as the coreboot
payload could help running the Ubuntu Firmware Test Suite. Does 32-bit
U-Boot as the coreboot payload not work in this case?

> working. Unfortunately the latest version shows a splash screen and hangs,
> perhaps due to some missing EFI support.
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite
>
>

Regards,
Bin


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