Syslinux - Mar 2016 - Updated status on UEFI compliant version of the pxechn-module

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Patrick Masotta <masottaus at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>>>>
> I'd like to get UEFI chaining working first.
>
>
> <<<
>
> I have sent in the past two patches; one allows SL to chainload to efi
> executives and the other one
> allows to link the gnu-efi layer to a com32 module in order to access the
> EFI firmware from the com32 code.
> Despite minor changes I might've made during all this time that code
> works...
Do you happen to have these accessible in a public repository by chance?

-- 
-Gene

>>>
>
> I have sent in the past two patches; one allows SL to chainload to efi
> executives and the other one
> allows to link the gnu-efi layer to a com32 module in order to access the
> EFI firmware from the com32 code.
> Despite minor changes I might've made during all this time that code
> works...
Do you happen to have these accessible in a public repository by chance?

-- 
-Gene

<<<

Sorry; I don't.
I've tried to find my postings on the list but finding something here it is
not easy.


Best,
Patrick

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Gene Cumm via Syslinux
<syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Patrick Masotta <masottaus at
yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>> I'd like to get UEFI chaining working first.
>>
>>
>> <<<
>>
>> I have sent in the past two patches; one allows SL to chainload to efi
>> executives and the other one
>> allows to link the gnu-efi layer to a com32 module in order to access
the
>> EFI firmware from the com32 code.
>> Despite minor changes I might've made during all this time that
code
>> works...
>
> Do you happen to have these accessible in a public repository by chance?
BTW, some time ago I reworked the disk handling API to also support
UEFI and then linking it against gnu-efi library. Patrick, I don't
know what exactly you did, but follow what I did:

http://git.zytor.com/users/pcacjr/syslinux.git/commit/?h=com32-disk-uefi&id=a29ec41c953cea84261b820cd469b090453125f4

Paulo

>>>
BTW, some time ago I reworked the disk handling API to also support
UEFI and then linking it against gnu-efi library. Patrick, I don't
know what exactly you did, but follow what I did:

http://git.zytor.com/users/pcacjr/syslinux.git/commit/?h=com32-disk-uefi&id=a29ec41c953cea84261b820cd469b090453125f4
Paulo
<<<

Patch "I" allows core to "run" the .efi extension.

Patch "II" adds to com32 modules visibility to the gnu-efi library
(only when required)

I think you added EFI support to the disk library

> >>>
> >
> > I have sent in the past two patches; one allows SL to chainload to efi
> > executives and the other one
> > allows to link the gnu-efi layer to a com32 module in order to access
the
> > EFI firmware from the com32 code.
> > Despite minor changes I might've made during all this time that
code
> > works...
> 
> Do you happen to have these accessible in a public repository by chance?
> 
> -- 
> -Gene
> 
> <<<
> 
> Sorry; I don't.
> I've tried to find my postings on the list but finding something here
it is not easy.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Patrick
 
I am not sure what "patch I" and "patch II" (expressions use
by Patrick
today in another email) mean, but I think this is what Patrick is 
referring to:
 EFI access from Com32 modules 
 http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-March/023320.html 


I had this "PoC" email / patch listed / tagged; if only I knew Gene
had
missed it...

Regards,
Ady.
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