Re: [PATCH] New x86_64 EFI patch

[Isaac Dupree]

Bean wrote:
> I wonder if there is bug in the hfsplus module. You can check it out
> with grub-fstest command:
>
> sudo ./grub-fstest /dev/sda3 ls /
>
> This would list the content of root directory.

outputs nothing, just a blank line, for /dev/sda2 which is my hfsplus 
(it works fine for fat16, ext3 partitions).

> You can also create a small hfs+ image and test it with grub-fstest,
> if it does have problem, you can upload the image for me to test.

not sure how to create a hfs+ image... the one I have is many gigabytes 
and came with the laptop (I just shrunk it to 30GB to fit my linuxes, is 
all).  Does Linux or MacOSX provide a way to create a small HFSJ image? 
 (also I could try going to MacOSX and turning off journalling and see 
if it affects grub2's ability to read it at all, perhaps - although for 
just reading, not writing, I doubt it makes a significant difference)

> cpuid would check if cpuid exists and set return code, there is no output.

oh, okay, then it's just the command's help description that was 
confusing me

> The result is lspci is a little strange. Is there any output before
> hanging ?

no, I hit enter and never get back a prompt or any output

> When you use video=efifb or video=vesafb. It enum pci to get
> the frame buffer address, if it doesn't hang there, it shouldn't hang
> here as well.

odd, because that definitely didn't hang (when loading linux-2.6.25 that 
is).

> reboot could be a firmware related issue, I can check it out.

okay, maybe it is

> Oh btw, do you compile from source or use the binary version ?

I compile grub2 from source

-Isaac