[Buildroot] [PATCH] configs/aarch64_efi: bump kernel version and update

Erico Nunes nunes.erico at gmail.com
Sun May 2 09:13:22 UTC 2021


On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 10:29 AM Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at arm.com> wrote:
>
> - Bump kernel to version 5.11.16.
>
> We remove the hardcoded ttyAMA0 and rely on the firmware to discover our
> console. This enables serial console on systems, which do not have an Arm
> pl011 UART.
>
> We switch to GPT disklabel and discover our root filesystem using its
> PARTLABEL. This enables booting from more media, such as HDD, SD card or
> USB.
>
> We update the readme, which hinted that ACPI was mandatory. This is not
> strictly the case as we can also boot with a dtb and/or a U-Boot based
> firmware, with no ACPI. While at it, mention EBBR, SystemReady and explain
> how to build and use a U-Boot-based qemu firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at arm.com>
> Cc: Erico Nunes <nunes.erico at gmail.com>
> ---

These all look like good improvements to me.
I haven't tested the U-Boot based boot but overall the changes look
good and qemu UEFI still works as expected.

Reviewed-by: Erico Nunes <nunes.erico at gmail.com>

Thanks

Erico


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