[PATCH v2 0/6] introduce EFI_RAM_DISK_PROTOCOL

Tobias Waldekranz tobias at waldekranz.com
Sat Jul 15 00:01:35 CEST 2023


Hi Masahisa,

On fre, jul 14, 2023 at 14:44, Masahisa Kojima <masahisa.kojima at linaro.org> wrote:
> This series introduces the EFI_RAM_DISK_PROTOCOL implementation.
> The major purpose of this series is a preparation for EFI HTTP(S) boot.
>
> Now U-Boot can download the distro installer ISO image
> via wget or tftpboot commands, but U-Boot can not mount
> the downloaded ISO image.

A while back, I added the blkmap command and backend to U-Boot, which
is, among other things, capable of creating ramdisks. What exactly does
this series add that can't be supported by a block map? There is some
documentation available here:

https://u-boot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/blkmap.html


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