[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#703586: Bug#703586: Bug#703586: Bug#703586: Xen fails to boot Linux dom0 under UEFI

[Ian Campbell]

On Sat, 2014-09-13 at 17:00 +0200, John Keates wrote:

> Well, there is one more thing: If kernel 3.17 manages to get in before
> the kernel freeze, full-fledged Xen-EFI support will be baked into the
> kernel by default!
> 3.17 has been patched to provider hypercall support for Xen to get the efivars facility (and pretty much anything and everything else EFI) working for Dom0.
> 
> Now, I’ve seen some messages on the mailing list where three people
> actually want to freeze the kernel on 3.16, but since 3.17 is on RC4
> already and due to be 
> released really soon (like, in 4 to 5 weeks) with a bit of luck 3.17
> might be decided upon instead of 3.16. Besides Xen EFI support, it
> brings a ton of really important updates as well that are beneficial
> for everyone.

The kernel team has already decided on 3.16, I think it is unlikely that
we will be switching to 3.17 at this point (but this isn't the correct
forum to discuss). See
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/07/msg00006.html

> But having xen.efi in the package would be a ton of help already. Who
> do I stalk to make that happen?

I'm looking into it already because of this bug.

Ian.