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Re: [patch] add EFI "boot services" and "runtime services" driver format
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: "Peter Jones" <pjones at redhat dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:31:34 -0800
- Subject: Re: [patch] add EFI "boot services" and "runtime services" driver format
- References: <47AA158F.6020005@redhat.com>
You need ChangeLog entries. Also are
+ Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Contributed by David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
really correct?
And
+ Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
should be 2008.
H.J.
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On Feb 6, 2008 12:16 PM, Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> wrote:
> This is a patch to add support for EFI driver formats to binutils. EFI
> applications are already supported, and the entire difference is really
> just a few ID bytes.
>
> I've tested the "boot services" format on x86_64 and i386, and the
> resulting binary loads and executes correctly. I haven't tested that
> the "runtime services" output produces a working binary, but it does
> produce one that appears to match the specification upon manual
> examination. It is completely analogous to the "boot services" case, so
> the odds are pretty good. I can probably figure out a test case if
> absolutely necessary.
>
> The attached patch was written by me, so it's covered by the Red Hat
> copyright assignment agreement.
>