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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	"patches@linaro.org" <patches@linaro.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	matt.fleming@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 26 June 2013, Grant Likely wrote:
> > index 0000000..5c48271
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> > +The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
> > +
> > +The implementation depends on receiving pointers to the UEFI memory map
> > +and System Table in a Flattened Device Tree - so is only available with
> > +CONFIG_OF.
> > +
> > +It (early) parses the FDT for the following parameters:
> 
> Need to state which node these properties can be found in. I recommend /chosen
> 
> I would also prefix all of the following properties with "linux,"
> since they are very much about what the Linux kernel needs for
> booting. EFI stub will be creating these properties specifically for
> Linux, and the LinuxLoader should do the same (until we eventually
> kill it).

Why not make it a separate /efi node instead, mirroring what we
have for hypervisor specific information and things like rtas?

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 26 June 2013, Grant Likely wrote:
> > index 0000000..5c48271
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> > +The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
> > +
> > +The implementation depends on receiving pointers to the UEFI memory map
> > +and System Table in a Flattened Device Tree - so is only available with
> > +CONFIG_OF.
> > +
> > +It (early) parses the FDT for the following parameters:
> 
> Need to state which node these properties can be found in. I recommend /chosen
> 
> I would also prefix all of the following properties with "linux,"
> since they are very much about what the Linux kernel needs for
> booting. EFI stub will be creating these properties specifically for
> Linux, and the LinuxLoader should do the same (until we eventually
> kill it).

Why not make it a separate /efi node instead, mirroring what we
have for hypervisor specific information and things like rtas?

	Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	"patches@linaro.org" <patches@linaro.org>,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	matt.fleming@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 26 June 2013, Grant Likely wrote:
> > index 0000000..5c48271
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> > +The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
> > +
> > +The implementation depends on receiving pointers to the UEFI memory map
> > +and System Table in a Flattened Device Tree - so is only available with
> > +CONFIG_OF.
> > +
> > +It (early) parses the FDT for the following parameters:
> 
> Need to state which node these properties can be found in. I recommend /chosen
> 
> I would also prefix all of the following properties with "linux,"
> since they are very much about what the Linux kernel needs for
> booting. EFI stub will be creating these properties specifically for
> Linux, and the LinuxLoader should do the same (until we eventually
> kill it).

Why not make it a separate /efi node instead, mirroring what we
have for hypervisor specific information and things like rtas?

	Arnd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-06-27 14:22 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 [this message]
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
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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