Bug#617377: linux fails to functionally boot under EFI (using grub-efi-amd64)

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 617377 linux-2.6/2.6.32-31
found 617377 linux-2.6/2.6.37-2
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Hi Daniel,

Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:

> I got grub-efi-amd64 working on a very modern macbook.  When i tried to
> use it to boot linux (using both the squeeze kernel
> (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) and the unstable kernel, booting the kernel
> with no parameters resulted in a hung machine with no output on the
> video console at all.

There has been several EFI developments recently, some chronicled at
<http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/>.  v3.0-rc1~22^2~4 (x86, efi: Retain
boot service code until after switching to virtual mode, 2011-05-25)
in particular seems vaguely promising.

Does version 3.0.0-1 produce the same symptoms?  Does adding
"noexec=off" to the kernel command line help?

Thanks,
Jonathan