[PATCH 1/3] arm64: add EFI stub
Leif Lindholm
leif.lindholm at linaro.org
Fri Dec 6 08:38:27 EST 2013
On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 08:34:30AM -0500, Mark Salter wrote:
> > Or just disable runtime services on the switch to big ending. Big endian
> > should not disable the stub (but getting it to work could be a follow-up
> > patch)
> >
> The other problem with BE is that the PE/COFF masquerading is built into
> head.S so the same Image can be used for EFI and non-EFI. I don't see
> a BE opcode which we could us to provide the magic "MZ" at the start
> of a BE kernel Image.
That's actually not an issue.
Instructions are always LE - endinaness affects only data.
/
Leif
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