From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D53EB64DC for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 08:17:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230133AbjGCIRL (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2023 04:17:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57256 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230095AbjGCIRK (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2023 04:17:10 -0400 Received: from esa.microchip.iphmx.com (esa.microchip.iphmx.com [68.232.153.233]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82A3FC5; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 01:17:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=microchip.com; i=@microchip.com; q=dns/txt; s=mchp; t=1688372230; x=1719908230; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=hxLRx7MJ808MUU2NcCaCNzOa2IUOEx/fbiFCPUlHJNY=; b=iicbL266l8AT2U6HbIaJngaUw3TPfa+jKfJm3+MQY8RBrk3VIU7EnQ7l TRDD+sUKOBiI/FuHVOoFXcpSm+eEH7lzXop6F4p/xeLEpfi6Mo7UhcM+J +T9V/YiBgvV6mdtpSeCRTdpPbcC5BQzd13RRb4ZH8GMl2q6bYtlLg87GO zLQyzt7zmR/NrCviZd0eQd79zNnti690lUv6XD/M9L6697Ea+o4lm4biA x1JSLIBw7bpW98RhCu3QP7pn2c22ImvRJj4HqRZxXQnMeFV/xYPKRkNUJ s+0Tu2OLTwcV+ImMTsb3CiMIDWIbGw7FTaMIGVDF0w1vpulBTNfZR3bQI w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.01,177,1684825200"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="221734702" X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN Received: from unknown (HELO email.microchip.com) ([170.129.1.10]) by esa5.microchip.iphmx.com with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA256; 03 Jul 2023 01:17:09 -0700 Received: from chn-vm-ex03.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.151) by chn-vm-ex04.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.152) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2507.21; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 01:17:06 -0700 Received: from wendy (10.10.115.15) by chn-vm-ex03.mchp-main.com (10.10.85.151) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2507.21 via Frontend Transport; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 01:17:02 -0700 Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 09:16:33 +0100 From: Conor Dooley To: =?utf-8?B?6L+Q6L6J5bSU?= CC: Conor Dooley , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] riscv: obtain SMBIOS entry from FFI. Message-ID: <20230703-escapist-granny-14faea3ab0ef@wendy> References: <20230702095735.860-1-cuiyunhui@bytedance.com> <20230702095735.860-3-cuiyunhui@bytedance.com> <20230702-confiding-aqueduct-25c3c2852de3@spud> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BPBW6SBBuQNafGn+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org --BPBW6SBBuQNafGn+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 03:50:57PM +0800, =E8=BF=90=E8=BE=89=E5=B4=94 wrote: > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 8:42=E2=80=AFPM Conor Dooley wr= ote: > > > > Hey, > > > > On Sun, Jul 02, 2023 at 05:57:34PM +0800, Yunhui Cui wrote: > > > When we bringup with coreboot on riscv, we need to obtain > > > the entry address of SMBIOS through the FFI scheme. > > > > What do you need it for? > RISC-V will be server-oriented, and the system needs to be managed > based on SMBIOS. Really what this commit message is missing is something that explains why you need the FFI scheme. Say along the lines of: Coreboot on RISC-V does not support EFI, and needs to use the FDT Firmware Interface (FFI) to pass the entry address of SMBIOS to the kernel. Cheers, Conor. --BPBW6SBBuQNafGn+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYIAB0WIQRh246EGq/8RLhDjO14tDGHoIJi0gUCZKKD4QAKCRB4tDGHoIJi 0k2HAP9pmxxbrgHQrz6OmhH0sGOVhQtFoasv1XCYd14s7Vbq5wEAyAL2LCy+I4Bg n7AZ/WcCZ+tcNDDs4NqNvkDFVNURsQA= =dPYG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BPBW6SBBuQNafGn+--