[PATCH v5 07/28] x86: Allow booting a kernel from the EFI app

[Simon Glass]

At present this is disabled, but it should work so long as the kernel does
not need EFI services. Enable it and add a note about remaining work.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---

(no changes since v2)

Changes in v2:
- Update documentation

 arch/x86/lib/bootm.c               | 11 +++++++----
 doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/bootm.c b/arch/x86/lib/bootm.c
index 667e5e689e3..57cba5c65d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/bootm.c
@@ -179,10 +179,14 @@ int boot_linux_kernel(ulong setup_base, ulong load_address, bool image_64bit)
 		* U-Boot is setting them up that way for itself in
 		* arch/i386/cpu/cpu.c.
 		*
-		* Note that we cannot currently boot a kernel while running as
-		* an EFI application. Please use the payload option for that.
+		* Note: this is incomplete for EFI kernels!
+		*
+		* This can boot a kernel while running as an EFI application,
+		* but if the kernel requires EFI support then that support needs
+		* to be enabled first (see EFI_LOADER). Also the EFI information
+		* must enabled with setup_efi_info(). See setup_zimage() for
+		* how this is done with the stub.
 		*/
-#ifndef CONFIG_EFI_APP
 		__asm__ __volatile__ (
 		"movl $0, %%ebp\n"
 		"cli\n"
@@ -191,7 +195,6 @@ int boot_linux_kernel(ulong setup_base, ulong load_address, bool image_64bit)
 		[boot_params] "S"(setup_base),
 		"b"(0), "D"(0)
 		);
-#endif
 	}
 
 	/* We can't get to here */
diff --git a/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst b/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
index 8f81b799072..acad6397e81 100644
--- a/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ This work could be extended in a number of ways:
 
 - Avoid turning off boot services in the stub. Instead allow U-Boot to make
   use of boot services in case it wants to. It is unclear what it might want
-  though.
+  though. It is better to use the app.
 
 Where is the code?
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2.34.1.400.ga245620fadb-goog