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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Steve Langasek
	<steve.langasek-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Olof Johansson <olof-nZhT3qVonbNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Matt Fleming
	<matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied-cv59FeDIM0c@public.gmane.org>,
	Corentin Chary
	<corentincj-EjuBZuxMvz2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
	<konrad-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] efi: Make 'efi_enabled' a function to query EFI facilities
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:41:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50E5C2E1.3070103@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357219085-4312-2-git-send-email-matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>

On 01/03/2013 05:18 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> A machine's EFI facilities are naturally represented by a bitfield.
>

Nitpick: what you have here is a bitmask, not a bitfield.  This is good, 
because bitfields are generally frowned upon in a Linux kernel context, 
but you may want to revise the description.

Other than that, looks good to me.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>

	-hpa (who is still on vacation)

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Cc: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
	linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] efi: Make 'efi_enabled' a function to query EFI facilities
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:41:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50E5C2E1.3070103@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357219085-4312-2-git-send-email-matt@console-pimps.org>

On 01/03/2013 05:18 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> A machine's EFI facilities are naturally represented by a bitfield.
>

Nitpick: what you have here is a bitmask, not a bitfield.  This is good, 
because bitfields are generally frowned upon in a Linux kernel context, 
but you may want to revise the description.

Other than that, looks good to me.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

	-hpa (who is still on vacation)

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-03 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-03 13:18 [RFC PATCH 0/2] EFI facilities bitfield Matt Fleming
2013-01-03 13:18 ` Matt Fleming
2013-01-03 13:18 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] efi: Make 'efi_enabled' a function to query EFI facilities Matt Fleming
     [not found]   ` <1357219085-4312-2-git-send-email-matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-03 17:41     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-01-03 17:41       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-04 15:08   ` Tim Gardner
     [not found]     ` <50E6F086.5020209-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-04 16:15       ` Matt Fleming
2013-01-04 16:15         ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]         ` <1357316128.8203.33.camel-ZqTwcBeJ+wsBof6jY8KHXm7IUlhRatedral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-04 16:17           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-04 16:17             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-04 16:42           ` Tim Gardner
2013-01-04 16:42             ` Tim Gardner
2013-01-03 13:18 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] samsung-laptop: Disable on EFI hardware Matt Fleming

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