diff --git a/elilo-3.8-cvs20080127.diff b/elilo-3.8-cvs20080127.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6f431c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elilo-3.8-cvs20080127.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,475 @@
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/Make.defaults elilo/Make.defaults
+--- elilo-3.8/Make.defaults	2007-07-20 21:47:25.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/Make.defaults	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
+ 
+ OPTIMFLAGS = -O2 
+ DEBUGFLAGS = -Wall
+-CFLAGS     = $(OPTIMFLAGS) -fpic -fshort-wchar $(DEBUGFLAGS)
++CFLAGS     = $(OPTIMFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing -fpic -fshort-wchar $(DEBUGFLAGS)
+ LDFLAGS	   = -nostdlib -znocombreloc
+ INSTALL	   = install
+ 
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/alternate.c elilo/alternate.c
+--- elilo-3.8/alternate.c	2007-07-20 21:47:26.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/alternate.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+  *	  Please note that no fatal error is reported by this function
+  */
+ INTN
+-alternate_kernel(CHAR16 *buffer, INTN size)
++alternate_kernel(CHAR16 *buffer, UINTN size)
+ {
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+ 	INTN ret = -1;
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/choosers/simple.c elilo/choosers/simple.c
+--- elilo-3.8/choosers/simple.c	2007-07-20 21:47:26.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/choosers/simple.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
+ {
+ 	fops_fd_t fd;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+-	INTN len, i;
++	UINTN len, i;
+ 	CHAR16 *filename;
+ 	CHAR8 buf[256];
+ 
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/choosers/textmenu.c elilo/choosers/textmenu.c
+--- elilo-3.8/choosers/textmenu.c	2007-07-20 21:47:26.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/choosers/textmenu.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@
+ }
+ 
+ static INTN
+-read_message_file(INTN msg, INT8 *buf, INTN max)
++read_message_file(INTN msg, UINT8 *buf, UINTN max)
+ {
+ 	CHAR16 *filename;
+ 	fops_fd_t message_fd;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+-	INTN len = max;
++	UINTN len = max;
+ 
+ 	if (msg > 10) return 0;
+ 
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/elilo.h elilo/elilo.h
+--- elilo-3.8/elilo.h	2005-12-01 22:42:59.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/elilo.h	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
+ extern INTN load_file(CHAR16 *, memdesc_t *);
+ 
+ /* from alternate.c */
+-extern INTN alternate_kernel(CHAR16 *, INTN);
++extern INTN alternate_kernel(CHAR16 *, UINTN);
+ 
+ /* from bootparams.c */
+ extern VOID *create_boot_params (CHAR16 *, memdesc_t *, memdesc_t *, UINTN *);
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia32/gzip.c elilo/ia32/gzip.c
+--- elilo-3.8/ia32/gzip.c	2005-12-01 22:42:59.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/ia32/gzip.c	2008-01-13 01:12:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
+ int
+ fill_inbuf(void)
+ {
+-	INTN expected, nread;
++	UINTN expected, nread;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+ 
+ 	expected = nread = INBUFSIZE;
+@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
+  * the relevant header information.
+  */
+ int
+-first_block (const char *buf, long blocksize)
++first_block (const unsigned char *buf, long blocksize)
+ {
+ 	Elf32_Ehdr *elf;
+ 	Elf32_Phdr *phdrs;
+@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
+ 	static const CHAR8 helicopter[4] = { '|' , '/' , '-' , '\\' };
+ 	static UINTN heli_count;
+ 	struct segment *cp;
+-	char	*src, *dst;
++	unsigned char	*src, *dst;
+ 	long	cnt;
+ 
+ 	if (!outcnt) return;
+@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
+ 		file_offset += skip;
+ 		outcnt      -= skip;
+ 	}
+-	dst = (char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
++	dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
+ 	cnt = cp->offset + cp->size - file_offset;
+ 	if (cnt > outcnt) 
+ 		cnt = outcnt;
+@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
+ 	/* See if we are at the end of this chunk */
+ 	if (file_offset == cp->offset + cp->size) {
+ 		if (cp->bss_sz) {
+-			dst = (char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
++			dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
+ 			Memset(dst, 0, cp->bss_sz);
+ 		}
+ 		nextchunk();
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia32/system.c elilo/ia32/system.c
+--- elilo-3.8/ia32/system.c	2008-01-03 22:48:03.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/ia32/system.c	2008-01-14 00:31:57.000000000 +0100
+@@ -163,10 +163,11 @@
+         EFI_GUID GopProtocol = EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_GUID;
+         EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL *Gop_interface;
+         EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_MODE_INFORMATION *Gop_info;
+-        EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_MODE   *Gop_mode;
+-        EFI_HANDLE *Gop_handle;
++        EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_MODE   *Gop_mode = NULL;
++        EFI_HANDLE *Gop_handle = NULL;
+         EFI_STATUS efi_status;
+-        UINTN size, size1;
++        UINTN size = 0;
++        UINTN size1;
+         UINT8 i;
+ 
+ 	efi_status = uefi_call_wrapper(
+@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@
+ 				3,
+ 				*Gop_handle,
+ 				&GopProtocol,
+-				&Gop_interface);
++				(VOID **) &Gop_interface);
+ 
+ 		if (EFI_ERROR(efi_status)) {
+ 			continue;
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/fpswa.c elilo/ia64/fpswa.c
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/fpswa.c	2003-08-19 18:46:09.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/ia64/fpswa.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 	};
+ 	UINTN j, count = sizeof(fpswa_filenames)/sizeof(CHAR16 *);
+-	INTN cookie;
++	UINTN cookie;
+ 	CHAR16 devname[FILENAME_MAXLEN];
+ 	
+ 	if (fpswa_file) {
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/gzip.c elilo/ia64/gzip.c
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/gzip.c	2005-12-01 22:42:59.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/ia64/gzip.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
+ int
+ fill_inbuf(void)
+ {
+-	INTN expected, nread;
++	UINTN expected, nread;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+ 
+ 	expected = nread = INBUFSIZE;
+@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
+  * the relevant header information.
+  */
+ int
+-first_block (const char *buf, long blocksize)
++first_block (const unsigned char *buf, long blocksize)
+ {
+ 	Elf64_Ehdr *elf;
+ 	Elf64_Phdr *phdrs;
+@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
+ 	if (alloc_kmem((void *)low_addr, pages) == -1) {
+ 		VOID *new_addr;
+ 
+-		VERB_PRT(1, (L"%s : AllocatePages(%d, 0x%lx) for kernel failed\n", LD_NAME, pages, low_addr));
++		VERB_PRT(1, Print(L"%s : AllocatePages(%d, 0x%lx) for kernel failed\n", LD_NAME, pages, low_addr));
+ 
+ 		if (ia64_can_relocate() == 0) {
+ 			ERR_PRT((L"relocation is disabled, cannot load kernel"));
+@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
+ 		/* unsigned arithmetic */
+                 load_offset = (UINTN) (new_addr - ROUNDDOWN((UINTN) low_addr,256*MB));
+ 
+-		VERB_PRT(1, (L"low_addr=0x%lx new_addr=0x%lx offset=0x%lx", low_addr, new_addr, load_offset));
++		VERB_PRT(1, Print(L"low_addr=0x%lx new_addr=0x%lx offset=0x%lx", low_addr, new_addr, load_offset));
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * correct various addresses for non-zero load_offset
+@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
+ 	static const CHAR8 helicopter[4] = { '|' , '/' , '-' , '\\' };
+ 	static UINTN heli_count;
+ 	struct segment *cp;
+-	char	*src, *dst;
++	unsigned char	*src, *dst;
+ 	long	cnt;
+ 
+ 	if (!outcnt) return;
+@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
+ 		file_offset += skip;
+ 		outcnt      -= skip;
+ 	}
+-	dst = (char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
++	dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
+ 
+ 	cnt = cp->offset + cp->size - file_offset;
+ 
+@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
+ 	/* See if we are at the end of this chunk */
+ 	if (file_offset == cp->offset + cp->size) {
+ 		if (cp->bss_sz) {
+-			dst = (char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
++			dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
+ 			Memset(dst, 0, cp->bss_sz);
+ 		}
+ 		nextchunk();
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/longjmp.S elilo/ia64/longjmp.S
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/longjmp.S	2002-01-13 17:00:08.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/ia64/longjmp.S	2008-01-27 01:42:24.000000000 +0100
+@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@
+ 	invala			// virt. -> phys. regnum mapping may change
+ 	mov pr=r24,-1
+ 	br.ret.dptk.few rp
+-	.endp __longjmp
++	.endp longjmp
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/plain_loader.c elilo/ia64/plain_loader.c
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/plain_loader.c	2005-09-16 18:25:52.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/ia64/plain_loader.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
+ 	if (alloc_kmem(low_addr, pages) == -1) {
+ 		VOID *new_addr;
+ 
+-		VERB_PRT(1, (L"%s : AllocatePages(%d, 0x%lx) for kernel failed\n", LD_NAME, pages, low_addr));
++		VERB_PRT(1, Print(L"%s : AllocatePages(%d, 0x%lx) for kernel failed\n", LD_NAME, pages, low_addr));
+ 
+ 		if (ia64_can_relocate() == 0) {
+ 			ERR_PRT((L"relocation is disabled, cannot load kernel"));
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/setjmp.S elilo/ia64/setjmp.S
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/setjmp.S	2005-05-10 01:22:04.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/ia64/setjmp.S	2008-01-27 01:42:24.000000000 +0100
+@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
+ 	.proc __sigsetjmp
+ __sigsetjmp:
+ 	//.prologue ASM_UNW_PRLG_RP|ASM_UNW_PRLG_PFS, ASM_UNW_PRLG_GRSAVE(2)
++	.body
+ 	alloc loc1=ar.pfs,2,2,2,0
+ 	mov r16=ar.unat
+ 	;;
+@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
+ 	add r3=8,in0
+ 	;;
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r2]=sp,16	// r12 (sp)
++	;;
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r3]=gp,16	// r1 (gp)
+ 	;;
+ 	st8.nta [r2]=r16,16		// save caller's unat
+@@ -96,13 +98,13 @@
+ 	add r8=0xa0,in0
+ 	;;
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r2]=r4,16	// r4
++	;;
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r3]=r5,16	// r5
+ 	add r9=0xb0,in0
+ 	;;
+ 	stf.spill.nta [r8]=f2,32
+ 	stf.spill.nta [r9]=f3,32
+ 	mov loc0=rp
+-	.body
+ 	;;
+ 	stf.spill.nta [r8]=f4,32
+ 	stf.spill.nta [r9]=f5,32
+@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@
+ 	stf.spill.nta [r9]=f31
+ 
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r2]=r6,16	// r6
++	;;
+ 	st8.spill.nta [r3]=r7,16	// r7
+ 	;;
+ 	mov r23=ar.bsp
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/ia64/sysdeps.h elilo/ia64/sysdeps.h
+--- elilo-3.8/ia64/sysdeps.h	2005-12-01 22:42:59.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/ia64/sysdeps.h	2008-01-12 00:53:34.000000000 +0100
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
+         asm volatile ("mov r28=%1; br.sptk.few %0" :: "b"(kentry),"r"(bp));
+ }
+ 
+-static inline const UINT64
++static inline UINT64
+ __ia64_swab64 (UINT64 x)
+ {
+ 	UINT64 result;
+@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@
+ 	return result;
+ }
+ 
+-static inline const UINT32
++static inline UINT32
+ __ia64_swab32 (UINT32 x)
+ {
+ 	return __ia64_swab64(x) >> 32;
+ }
+ 
+-static inline const UINT16
++static inline UINT16
+ __ia64_swab16(UINT16 x)
+ {
+ 	return __ia64_swab64(x) >> 48;
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/inflate.c elilo/inflate.c
+--- elilo-3.8/inflate.c	2005-12-01 22:42:59.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/inflate.c	2008-01-15 02:03:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1094,10 +1094,10 @@
+ 	    error("Input has invalid flags\n");
+ 	    return -1;
+     }
+-    (ulg)get_byte();	/* Get timestamp */
+-    ((ulg)get_byte()) << 8;
+-    ((ulg)get_byte()) << 16;
+-    ((ulg)get_byte()) << 24;
++    (void)get_byte();	/* Get timestamp - 4 bytes */
++    (void)get_byte();
++    (void)get_byte();
++    (void)get_byte();
+ 
+     (void)get_byte();  /* Ignore extra flags for the moment */
+     (void)get_byte();  /* Ignore OS type for the moment */
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/util.c elilo/util.c
+--- elilo-3.8/util.c	2007-07-20 21:47:26.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/util.c	2008-01-12 00:53:33.000000000 +0100
+@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
+ INTN
+ read_file(UINTN fd, UINTN total_size, CHAR8 *buffer)
+ {
+-	INTN size, j=0;
++	UINTN size, j=0;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+ 	CHAR16 helicopter[4] = { L'|' , L'/' , L'-' , L'\\' };
+ 	INTN ret = ELILO_LOAD_SUCCESS;
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/x86_64/gzip.c elilo/x86_64/gzip.c
+--- elilo-3.8/x86_64/gzip.c	2007-07-20 21:47:27.000000000 +0200
++++ elilo/x86_64/gzip.c	2008-01-15 02:03:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
+ int
+ fill_inbuf(void)
+ {
+-	INTN expected, nread;
++	UINTN expected, nread;
+ 	EFI_STATUS status;
+ 
+ 	expected = nread = INBUFSIZE;
+@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
+  * the relevant header information.
+  */
+ int
+-first_block (const char *buf, long blocksize)
++first_block (const unsigned char *buf, long blocksize)
+ {
+ 	Elf64_Ehdr *elf;
+ 	Elf64_Phdr *phdrs;
+@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
+ 	static const CHAR8 helicopter[4] = { '|' , '/' , '-' , '\\' };
+ 	static UINTN heli_count;
+ 	struct segment *cp;
+-	char	*src, *dst;
++	unsigned char	*src, *dst;
+ 	long	cnt;
+ 
+ 	if (!outcnt) return;
+@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
+ 		file_offset += skip;
+ 		outcnt      -= skip;
+ 	}
+-	dst = (char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
++	dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + (file_offset - cp->offset);
+ 	cnt = cp->offset + cp->size - file_offset;
+ 	if (cnt > outcnt) 
+ 		cnt = outcnt;
+@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
+ 	/* See if we are at the end of this chunk */
+ 	if (file_offset == cp->offset + cp->size) {
+ 		if (cp->bss_sz) {
+-			dst = (char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
++			dst = (unsigned char *)cp->addr + cp->size;
+ 			Memset(dst, 0, cp->bss_sz);
+ 		}
+ 		nextchunk();
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/x86_64/sysdeps.h elilo/x86_64/sysdeps.h
+--- elilo-3.8/x86_64/sysdeps.h	2007-12-19 23:52:22.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/x86_64/sysdeps.h	2008-01-15 02:03:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -370,8 +370,8 @@
+ 		UINT32	kernel_entry;
+ 		UINT16	kernel_cs;
+ 	} jumpvector;
+-	UINTN	njump;
+ 	VOID 	*jump_start;
++	uint64_t temp;
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Disable interrupts.
+@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@
+ 	 */
+ 
+ 	if (bp->s.initrd_start) {
+-		MEMCPY(INITRD_START, bp->s.initrd_start, bp->s.initrd_size);
++		temp =  bp->s.initrd_start;
++		MEMCPY(INITRD_START, temp , bp->s.initrd_size);
+ 		bp->s.initrd_start = INITRD_START;
+ 	}
+ 	/*
+@@ -434,14 +435,15 @@
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Jump to kernel entry point.
++	 *
++	 * Cast is to tell gcc that we know we're going from
++	 * 64-bit ptr to 32-bit integer.
+ 	 */
+-	jumpvector.kernel_entry=kentry;
++	jumpvector.kernel_entry=(UINT32)((UINT64)kentry);
+ 	jumpvector.kernel_cs=0x10;
+-	njump = &jumpvector;
+ 	jump_start = (VOID *)&jumpvector;
+ 	//asm volatile ( "mov %0, %%rcx" : : "m" (&jumpvector) );
+ 	asm volatile ( "mov %0, %%rcx" : : "m" (jump_start) );
+-	//asm volatile ( "mov %0, %%rcx" : : "m" (njump) );
+ 	asm volatile ( "ljmp *(%%rcx)" : :);
+ 	/* Never come back to here. */
+ }
+diff -ur elilo-3.8/x86_64/system.c elilo/x86_64/system.c
+--- elilo-3.8/x86_64/system.c	2008-01-03 22:48:03.000000000 +0100
++++ elilo/x86_64/system.c	2008-01-15 02:03:19.000000000 +0100
+@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
+ 	mmap_desc_t md;
+ 
+ 	ZeroMem(&md, sizeof md);
+-	md.md = (VOID *)bp->s.efi_mem_map;
++	md.md = (VOID *)(UINT64)bp->s.efi_mem_map;
+ 	free_memmap(&md);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -189,10 +189,11 @@
+         EFI_GUID GopProtocol = EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_GUID;
+         EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL *Gop_interface;
+         EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_MODE_INFORMATION *Gop_info;
+-        EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_MODE   *Gop_mode;
+-        EFI_HANDLE *Gop_handle;
++        EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_MODE   *Gop_mode = NULL;
++        EFI_HANDLE *Gop_handle = NULL;
+         EFI_STATUS efi_status;
+-        UINTN size, size1;
++        UINTN size = 0;
++        UINTN size1;
+         UINT8 i;
+ 
+ 	efi_status = uefi_call_wrapper(
+@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@
+ 
+ 	if (initrd->start_addr && initrd->pgcnt) {
+ 		/* %%TBD - This will probably have to be changed. */
+-		bp->s.initrd_start = (UINT32)initrd->start_addr;
++		bp->s.initrd_start = (UINT32)(UINT64)initrd->start_addr;
+ 		bp->s.initrd_size = (UINT32)(initrd->size);
+ 		/*
+ 		 * This is the RAMdisk root device for RedHat 2.2.x
+@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Kernel entry point.
+ 	 */
+-	bp->s.kernel_start = (UINT32)kernel_start;
++	bp->s.kernel_start = (UINT32)(UINT64)kernel_start;
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * When changing stuff in the parameter structure compare
diff --git a/elilo-asm.diff b/elilo-asm.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 6754edd..0000000
--- a/elilo-asm.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-diff -purN elilo-3.5-pre2/ia64/longjmp.S elilo/ia64/longjmp.S
---- elilo-3.5-pre2/ia64/longjmp.S	2002-01-13 17:00:08.000000000 +0100
-+++ elilo/ia64/longjmp.S	2005-12-07 14:50:38.833056090 +0100
-@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ longjmp:
- 	invala			// virt. -> phys. regnum mapping may change
- 	mov pr=r24,-1
- 	br.ret.dptk.few rp
--	.endp __longjmp
-+	.endp longjmp
diff --git a/elilo-uEFI-no-alloc_kmem.diff b/elilo-uEFI-no-alloc_kmem.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0805ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elilo-uEFI-no-alloc_kmem.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+--- elilo/x86_64/bzimage.c
++++ elilo/x86_64/bzimage.c
+@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@
+ 
+ 	if (alloc_kmem(kernel_start, EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES(kernel_size))) {
+ 		ERR_PRT((L"Could not allocate kernel memory."));
+-		return -1;
++		if (x86_64_allow_alloc_fail() != 1) {
++			return -1;
++		} 
+ 	} else {
+ 		VERB_PRT(3, Print(L"kernel_start: 0x%x  kernel_size: %d\n", 
+ 			kernel_start, kernel_size));
+@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@
+ 	 * Now read the rest of the kernel image into memory.
+ 	 */
+ 
+-	DBG_PRT((L"reading kernel image...\n"));
++	Print(L"Loading kernel %s... ", kname);
+ 
+ 	size = kernel_size;
+ 	efi_status = fops_read(fd, kernel_start, &size);
+@@ -181,6 +183,8 @@
+ 		fops_close(fd);
+ 		free_kmem();
+ 		return -1;
++	} else {
++		Print(L" done\n");
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	DBG_PRT((L"kernel image read:  %d bytes, %d Kbytes\n", size, size / 1024));
+--- elilo/x86_64/config.c
++++ elilo/x86_64/config.c
+@@ -33,15 +33,24 @@
+ 
+ typedef struct {
+ 	UINTN legacy_free_boot;
++	UINTN allow_alloc_fail;
+ } x86_64_global_config_t;
+ 
+ 
++#define x86_64_opt_offsetof(option)    (&((sys_img_options_t *)(0x0))->option)
++
+ static x86_64_global_config_t x86_64_gconf;
+ 
+ static config_option_t sysdeps_global_options[]={
+-	{OPT_BOOL,	OPT_GLOBAL, L"legacy-free",	NULL,	NULL,	&x86_64_gconf.legacy_free_boot}
++	{OPT_BOOL,	OPT_GLOBAL, L"legacy-free",	NULL,	NULL,	&x86_64_gconf.legacy_free_boot},
++	{OPT_BOOL,	OPT_GLOBAL, L"skid-alloc",	NULL,	NULL,	&x86_64_gconf.allow_alloc_fail},
++};
++
++static config_option_t sysdeps_image_options[]={
++	{OPT_BOOL,	OPT_IMAGE_SYS, L"skid-alloc",	NULL,	NULL,	x86_64_opt_offsetof(allow_alloc_fail)},
+ };
+ 
++
+ /*
+  * X86_64 operations that need to be done only once and just before 
+  * entering the main loop of the loader
+@@ -82,6 +91,13 @@
+ }
+ 
+ INTN
++x86_64_allow_alloc_fail(VOID)
++{
++	return x86_64_gconf.allow_alloc_fail == TRUE
++	    || (elilo_opt.sys_img_opts && elilo_opt.sys_img_opts->allow_alloc_fail ==TRUE) ? 1 : 0;
++}
++
++INTN
+ sysdeps_register_options(VOID)
+ {
+ 	INTN ret;
+@@ -89,14 +105,11 @@
+ 	ret = register_config_options(sysdeps_global_options, 
+ 				      sizeof(sysdeps_global_options)/sizeof(config_option_t),
+ 				      OPTIONS_GROUP_GLOBAL);
+-#if 0
+-	/* no per image options yet */
+ 	if (ret == -1 ) return ret;
+ 
+ 	ret = register_config_options(sysdeps_image_options, 
+ 				      sizeof(sysdeps_image_options)/sizeof(config_option_t),
+ 				      OPTIONS_GROUP_IMAGE);
+-#endif
+ 
+ 	return ret;
+ }
+--- elilo/x86_64/sysdeps.h
++++ elilo/x86_64/sysdeps.h
+@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@
+ extern UINTN rmswitch_size;
+ 
+ extern INTN x86_64_use_legacy_free_boot();
++extern INTN x86_64_allow_alloc_fail();
+ 
+ /*
+  * How to jump to kernel code
+@@ -449,7 +450,8 @@
+ }
+ 
+ typedef struct sys_img_options {
+-	UINT8 nothing_yet;
++	UINT8 dummy;		/* forces non-zero offset for first field */
++	UINT8 allow_alloc_fail;	/* ignore failure of alloc_kmem */
+ } sys_img_options_t;
+ 
+ #endif /* __ELILO_SYSDEPS_X86_64_H__ */
diff --git a/elilo.changes b/elilo.changes
index ae0ff84..c0895a7 100644
--- a/elilo.changes
+++ b/elilo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 21 15:56:50 CET 2008 - rw@suse.de
+
+- elilo.efi
+  * Significant code cleanup from CVS.  (bnc#443565)
+  * First attempt to work around firmware problem.  (bnc#437486)
+- elilo.pl
+  * Improve removal of obsolete files.  (bnc#398416)
+- eliloalt
+  * Support sysfs interface.  (bnc#440489)
+  * Provide man page.  (bnc#440197)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 27 18:16:02 CET 2008 - rw@suse.de
 
diff --git a/elilo.pl b/elilo.pl
index 6faee9c..704c341 100644
--- a/elilo.pl
+++ b/elilo.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
-# $Id: elilo.pl,v 0.16 2008/10/27 17:15:29 rw Exp $
+# $Id: elilo.pl,v 0.17 2008/11/12 15:57:58 rw Exp $
 use strict;
 
 my $C = $0; $C =~ s{^.*/}{};
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ my $Dlib     = "$dbg$LibD/efi";
 my $Fconf = "elilo.conf";
 my $Sconf = "$dbg/etc/" . $Fconf;
 
-my $Reserved = qr(^(efi-mountpoint|vendor-directory|elilo-origin))o;
+my $Reserved = qr(^(efi-mountpoint|vendor-directory|elilo-origin|precious))o;
 my %Sconf = ();
 
-my $keep = 0;
+my $keep = -1;
 my $test = 0;
 my $verbose = 0;
 my $warn = 0;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $| = 1;
 $[ = 0;
 
 sub Version() {
-  my $v = q($Revision: 0.16 $ );
+  my $v = q($Revision: 0.17 $ );
   $v =~ s/^\$ Rev.*:\ ([0-9.]+)\ \$\ /$1/x;
   $v .= " (part of elilo-$Edition)" if ( $Edition ne "\@EDITION\@" );
   print "$C version $v\n";
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ sub Parse ($) {
   my( $f) = @_;
   my %r = ();
 
+  Info( 3, "### Parse '$f'\n");
   open( IN, "< $f") || return( %r );
   # fixme: add failure-detection
   while ( <IN> ) {
     chomp;
-    next unless ( m/$Reserved\s*\=\s*(.+)?\s*$/xo );
-    $r{$1} = $2;
+    next unless ( m/$Reserved\s*(?:\=\s*(.+))?\s*$/xo );
+    $r{$1} = (defined($2)) ? $2 : "true";
+    Info( 3, ">>>  $1 = '$r{$1}'\n");
   }
   close( IN);
   return( %r );
@@ -232,17 +234,16 @@ sub System($@) {
 
 sub Purge($) {
   my( $d) = @_; 
-  if ( $keep ) {
+  if ( $keep > 0) {
     Info( 1, "## skip removal of old files from '$d'\n");
     return 0;
   }
   Info( 1, "## remove old files from '$d'\n");
   my @F = glob( "$d/*");
   foreach my $f ( @F ) {
-    next if ( $f =~ m{.*/elilo.(conf|efi)$} );
+    next unless ( $f =~ m{.*/((vm|)linu(x|z)|initrd)-\S+$} );
     Info( 1, "> rm $f\n");
-    next if ($test);
-    unlink( $f);
+    unlink( $f) unless ($test);
   }
 }
 
@@ -335,12 +336,15 @@ sub isMP($) {
 
   pod2usage(2) unless ( GetOptions( \%Opt,
      'help|h', 'man|m', 'version|V', 'verbose|v+',
-     'test|t', 'keep|k') && ! $Opt{'help'} );
+     'test|t', 'keep|k', 'purge|K') &&
+			( ! $Opt{'purge'} || ! $Opt{'keep'} ) &&
+			! $Opt{'help'} );
 
   Version() if ( $Opt{'version'} );
   pod2usage(-exitstatus => 0, -verbose => 2) if ( $Opt{'man'} );
   pod2usage(1) if ( $Opt{'help'} );
   $test = 1 if ( $Opt{'test'} );
+  $keep = 0 if ( $Opt{'purge'} );
   $keep = 1 if ( $Opt{'keep'} );
   $verbose += $Opt{'verbose'} if ( $Opt{'verbose'} );
 }
@@ -380,6 +384,10 @@ if ( exists( $Sconf{"vendor-directory"}) ) {
   Info( 1, "## Don't forget: '$VD != SuSE'--NVRAM (efibootmgr) issue!\n") 
      unless ( $VD eq "SuSE" );
 }
+if ( exists( $Sconf{"precious"}) && $keep < 0 ) {
+  $keep = 1;
+}
+
 $D = $MP . "/efi/" . $VD;
 Info( 1, "## Using '$D'...\n");
 System( 2, "mkdir", "-p", $D) unless ( -d $D );
diff --git a/elilo.spec b/elilo.spec
index b3a8d11..c6bb396 100644
--- a/elilo.spec
+++ b/elilo.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           elilo
 Summary:        EFI Linux Loader
 Version:        3.8
-Release:        23
+Release:        24
 ExclusiveArch:  ia64 %ix86 x86_64
 Group:          System/Boot
 AutoReqProv:    on
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later
 Url:            http://elilo.sourceforge.net/
 Source:         http://dl.sourceforge.net/elilo/elilo-3.8.tar.gz
 Source1:        elilo.pl
-Source2:        rpmlintrc
-Patch0:         elilo-asm.diff
+Source2:        eliloalt.debian.man8
+Source3:        rpmlintrc
+Patch0:         elilo-3.8-cvs20080127.diff
 Patch1:         elilo-MAC.diff
 Patch2:         elilo-spelling.diff
 Patch3:         elilo-longer-commandline.diff
 Patch4:         elilo-fix-possible-overflow.diff
 Patch5:         elilo-avoid-tab.diff
+Patch6:         eliloalt-sysfs.diff
+Patch7:         elilo-uEFI-no-alloc_kmem.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  gnu-efi >= 3.0e
 
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ Authors:
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
+%patch7 -p1
 perl -pe 's{\@EDITION\@}{%{version}-%{release}};
 	  s{\@LIBEXECDIR\@}{%{_libexecdir}};
 	  s{\@ARCH\@}{%{_target_cpu}};
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ perl -pe 's{\@EDITION\@}{%{version}-%{release}};
 perl -pi -e 's{/usr/lib}{%{_libexecdir}}' Make.defaults
 chmod 555 elilo.pl && touch -r %{SOURCE1} elilo.pl 
 ! fgrep '%%{version}-%%{release}' elilo.pl
+cp --preserve=time %{SOURCE2} eliloalt.8
 
 %build
 make OPTIMFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-stack-protector"
@@ -80,9 +86,10 @@ install -m 444 elilo.efi $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/efi
 install tools/eliloalt $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin
 install -p -m 555 elilo.pl $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin/elilo
 %if 0
-install -D -p elilo.5 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man5/elilo.conf.5
-install -D -p elilo.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man8/elilo.8
+install -D -p -m 644 elilo.5 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man5/elilo.conf.5
 %endif
+install -D -p -m 644 elilo.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man8/elilo.8
+install -D -p -m 644 eliloalt.8 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man8/eliloalt.8
 
 %clean
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -99,10 +106,19 @@ echo "Please run /sbin/elilo!"
 /sbin/eliloalt
 %if 0
 /usr/share/man/man5/*
-/usr/share/man/man8/*
 %endif
+/usr/share/man/man8/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 21 2008 rw@suse.de
+- elilo.efi
+  * Significant code cleanup from CVS.  (bnc#443565)
+  * First attempt to work around firmware problem.  (bnc#437486)
+- elilo.pl
+  * Improve removal of obsolete files.  (bnc#398416)
+- eliloalt
+  * Support sysfs interface.  (bnc#440489)
+  * Provide man page.  (bnc#440197)
 * Mon Oct 27 2008 rw@suse.de
 - elilo.pl
   * Mask 'relocatable' (unless supported).  (bnc#438276)
@@ -121,10 +137,10 @@ echo "Please run /sbin/elilo!"
 * Thu Feb 28 2008 ro@suse.de
 - elilo.spec
   * No strip for elilo.efi during install (unknown binary format).
-* Sun May 27 2007 schwab@suse.de
+* Sat May 26 2007 schwab@suse.de
 - elilo.spec
   * Revert last change.
-* Sun May 27 2007 ro@suse.de
+* Sat May 26 2007 ro@suse.de
 - elilo.spec
   * Added gnu-efi-devel to buildreq.
 * Wed May 09 2007 rw@suse.de
diff --git a/eliloalt-sysfs.diff b/eliloalt-sysfs.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58411be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eliloalt-sysfs.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+--- a/tools/eliloalt.c
++++ b/tools/eliloalt.c
+@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
+ #define ELILOALT_VERSION	"0.02"
+ 
+ #define ELILO_ALT_NAME	"EliloAlt"
+-#define EFIVAR_DIR	"/proc/efi/vars"
++#define EFIVAR_DIR	"/sys/firmware/efi/vars"
++#define OFIVAR_DIR	"/proc/efi/vars"
+ #define ELILO_ALTVAR	EFIVAR_DIR"/"ELILO_ALT_NAME"-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
++#define OLILO_ALTVAR	OFIVAR_DIR"/"ELILO_ALT_NAME"-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
+ 
+ #define EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE 0x0000000000000001
+ #define EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS 0x0000000000000002
+@@ -80,7 +82,9 @@
+         uint32_t        attributes;
+ } __attribute__((packed)) efi_variable_t;
+ 
++static char *efivar_dir = EFIVAR_DIR;
+ static char *elilo_alt_name = ELILO_ALT_NAME;
++static char *elilo_altvar = ELILO_ALTVAR;
+ 
+ static struct option cmd_options[]={
+ 	{ "version", 0, 0, 1},
+@@ -129,9 +133,15 @@
+ 	if (getuid() != 0) {
+ 		fatal_error("This program must be run as root\n");
+ 	}
+-	efi_vars = opendir(EFIVAR_DIR);
++	efi_vars = opendir(efivar_dir);
+ 	if (efi_vars == NULL) {
+-		fatal_error("Cannot access %s\n", EFIVAR_DIR);
++		efivar_dir = OFIVAR_DIR;
++		elilo_altvar = OLILO_ALTVAR;
++		efi_vars = opendir(efivar_dir);
++	}
++	if (efi_vars == NULL) {
++		fatal_error("Can access neither %s nor %s\n",
++			    EFIVAR_DIR, efivar_dir);
+ 	}
+ 	if (!find_entry) {
+ 		closedir(efi_vars);
+@@ -143,9 +153,10 @@
+ 			break;
+ 	}
+ 	if (entry == NULL) {
+-		fatal_error("Cannot find entry in %s\n", EFIVAR_DIR);
++		fatal_error("Cannot find entry in %s\n", efivar_dir);
+ 	}
+-	sprintf(name, "%s/%s", EFIVAR_DIR, entry->d_name);
++	snprintf(name, 1023, "%s/%s", efivar_dir, entry->d_name);
++	name[1023] = 0;
+ 	closedir(efi_vars);
+ 	return name;
+ }
+@@ -158,7 +169,7 @@
+ 
+ 	check_proc_efi(0);
+ 
+-	fd = open(ELILO_ALTVAR, O_WRONLY);
++	fd = open(elilo_altvar, O_WRONLY);
+ 	if (fd == -1) {
+ 		fatal_error("variable not defined\n");
+ 	}
+@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@
+ 	
+ 	r = write(fd, &var, sizeof(var));
+ 	if (r != sizeof(var)) {
+-		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content\n", ELILO_ALTVAR);
++		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content\n", elilo_altvar);
+ 	}
+ 	close(fd);
+ }
+@@ -191,7 +202,7 @@
+ 
+ 	check_proc_efi(0);
+ 
+-	fd = open(ELILO_ALTVAR, O_RDONLY);
++	fd = open(elilo_altvar, O_RDONLY);
+ 	if (fd == -1) {
+ 		fatal_error("variable not defined\n");
+ 	}
+@@ -200,7 +211,7 @@
+ 
+ 	r = read(fd, &var, sizeof(var));
+ 	if (r != sizeof(var)) {
+-		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content\n", ELILO_ALTVAR);
++		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content\n", elilo_altvar);
+ 	}
+ 	printf("EliloAlt=\"");
+ 	for(i=0; i < var.datasize; i+=1){
+@@ -231,7 +242,7 @@
+ 
+ 	fd = open(name, O_WRONLY);
+ 	if (fd == -1) {
+-		fatal_error("can't open %s: %s\n", ELILO_ALTVAR, strerror(errno));
++		fatal_error("can't open %s: %s\n", elilo_altvar, strerror(errno));
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	memset(&var, 0, sizeof(var));
+@@ -256,7 +267,7 @@
+ 	
+ 	r = write(fd, &var, sizeof(var));
+ 	if (r != sizeof(var)) {
+-		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content %d\n", ELILO_ALTVAR, r);
++		fatal_error("Variable %s defined but invalid content %d\n", elilo_altvar, r);
+ 	}
+ 	close(fd);
+ 
diff --git a/eliloalt.debian.man8 b/eliloalt.debian.man8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88afd17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eliloalt.debian.man8
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.TH ELILOALT 8 "18 Mar 2002"
+.SH NAME
+eliloalt \- manipulate elilo alternate
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B eliloalt
+.RI [ options ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B eliloalt 
+command makes it possible to coerce elilo to boot an alternate
+kernel configuration one time only, as when engaging in kernel development or
+debugging.
+.sp
+.SH SEE ALSO
+Additional information about 
+.B eliloalt
+is available in the /usr/share/doc/packages/elilo directory.
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was written by Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> 
+for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).