[ipxe-devel] kernel panic with ipxe.efi

[Christian Hesse]

Robin Smidsrød <robin at smidsrod.no> on Fri, 2015/04/03 13:53:
> On 02.04.2015 16:36, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > trying to boot a UEFI device with iPXE (bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi)
> > results in a kernel panic. iPXE starts just fine, then downloads
> > three files via http...
> > 
> > * linux64 (Linux bzImage) * intel-ucode.img (uncompressed cpio
> > archive with intel ucode) * initrd64 (xz compressed initramfs)
> > 
> > ..boots the kernel, which panics. I took a picture of the kernel
> > panic: http://www.eworm.de/tmp/DSC_0038.JPG
> > 
> > The same files work just fine with iPXE bios version.
> 
> I believe you've forgotten the initrd=initrd64 kernel command line
> parameter which is needed on UEFI. it should match the name for the
> initrd output by imgstat.

Probably you are right. Did not know that parameter is needed...
Is it a problem to add the parameter for boot from bios as well?

Will give it a try on tuesday.
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