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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	patches@linaro.org, hpa@linux.intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	matt.fleming@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:20:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130625182021.GA29955@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372183863-11333-4-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:11:02PM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> This patch implements basic support for UEFI runtime services in the
> ARM architecture - a requirement for using efibootmgr to read and update
> the system boot configuration.
> 
> It also locates any presented SMBIOS configuration table and stores it
> for potential later use by DMI.

This appears to duplicate code that's already duplicated between x86 and 
ia64. We made a mistake there originally - let's not do it again. Having 
this code in three places is inevitably going to lead to skew and missed 
bugfixes.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org (Matthew Garrett)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:20:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130625182021.GA29955@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372183863-11333-4-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org>

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:11:02PM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> This patch implements basic support for UEFI runtime services in the
> ARM architecture - a requirement for using efibootmgr to read and update
> the system boot configuration.
> 
> It also locates any presented SMBIOS configuration table and stores it
> for potential later use by DMI.

This appears to duplicate code that's already duplicated between x86 and 
ia64. We made a mistake there originally - let's not do it again. Having 
this code in three places is inevitably going to lead to skew and missed 
bugfixes.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-25 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-25 18:10 [PATCH 0/4] arm: [U]EFI runtime services support Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:10 ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11   ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]   ` <1372183863-11333-2-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-25 18:46     ` Christopher Covington
2013-06-25 18:46       ` Christopher Covington
2013-06-25 18:46       ` Christopher Covington
2013-06-25 23:42     ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-25 23:42       ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-25 23:42       ` Stephen Warren
     [not found]       ` <51CA2B03.4080106-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:20         ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:20           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:20           ` Grant Likely
     [not found]           ` <CACxGe6vsBKnbipR-Zd1T9Ox1J2ugFmShrGXGUzPa_=D9TJvFQw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:53             ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 13:53               ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 13:53               ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]               ` <20130626135311.GA9078-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:59                 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:59                   ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:59                   ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 14:38                   ` James Bottomley
2013-06-26 14:38                     ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27  1:32                     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27  1:32                       ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27  6:23                       ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27  6:23                         ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27  6:33                         ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27  6:33                           ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27  6:33                           ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 14:37                           ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 14:37                             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 15:09                             ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 15:09                               ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 15:37                               ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 15:37                                 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 15:37                                 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 17:28                               ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 17:28                                 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 14:54                           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 14:54                             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 14:54                             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 15:04                             ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 15:04                               ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 18:32                               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-27 18:32                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-27 18:32                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-27  9:00                       ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-27  9:00                         ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]                         ` <20130627090050.GC18151-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-27 14:38                           ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 14:38                             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 14:38                             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 18:32                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-27 18:32                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-26 18:32           ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-26 18:32             ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-26 19:31             ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 19:31               ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]               ` <20130626193158.GF9078-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-27 18:04                 ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-27 18:04                   ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-27 18:04                   ` Stephen Warren
2013-06-27 20:11                   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 20:11                     ` Grant Likely
2013-06-30  3:21     ` Rob Landley
2013-06-30  3:21       ` Rob Landley
2013-06-30  3:21       ` Rob Landley
2013-06-26 13:13   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:13     ` Grant Likely
     [not found]     ` <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:04       ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:04         ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:04         ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]         ` <20130626140459.GB9078-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:35           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 14:35             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 14:35             ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 14:22     ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-27 14:22       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-27 14:22       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-06-25 18:11 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: efi: break efi_lookup_mapped_addr out to generic code Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11   ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 13:30   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:30     ` Grant Likely
     [not found]   ` <1372183863-11333-3-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:32     ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:32       ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:32       ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]       ` <20130626133217.GO22026-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:11         ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:11           ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:11           ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:40           ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 14:40             ` Matt Fleming
     [not found] ` <1372183863-11333-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-25 18:11   ` [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11     ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11     ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:20     ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2013-06-25 18:20       ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]       ` <20130625182021.GA29955-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:46         ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:46           ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:46           ` Grant Likely
     [not found]     ` <1372183863-11333-4-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:46       ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:46         ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:46         ` Grant Likely
     [not found]         ` <CACxGe6sH4dAVryBp7TeUmrwsJmnMdLsQm++U4EVDJVNi9pnqYw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:54           ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:54             ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-26 13:54             ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]             ` <20130626135417.GP22026-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:15               ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-26 14:15                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-26 14:15                 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-26 14:35                 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 14:35                   ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 14:22           ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:22             ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 14:22             ` Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11 ` [PATCH 4/4] init: efi: arm: enable (U)EFI runtime services on arm Leif Lindholm
2013-06-25 18:11   ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]   ` <1372183863-11333-5-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:24     ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:24       ` Grant Likely
2013-06-26 13:24       ` Grant Likely

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