From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] SFI: document boot param "sfi=off" Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:52:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <1247026438-20891-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> <57dac60d76c191e3bd72f186833fac01e4c5f8f1.1247025117.git.len.brown@intel.com> <200907281324.03237.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.11]:41556 "EHLO vms173011pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751307AbZG1Tw1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:52:27 -0400 In-reply-to: <200907281324.03237.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: x86@kernel.org, sfi-devel@simplefirmware.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Feng Tang > On Tuesday 07 July 2009 10:13:49 pm Len Brown wrote: > > From: Feng Tang > > > > "sfi=off" is analogous to "acpi=off" > > > > In practice, "sfi=off" isn't likely to be very useful, for > > 1. SFI is used only when ACPI is not available > > 2. Today's SFI systems are not legacy PC-compatible > > > > ie. "sfi=off" on an ACPI-platform is a NO-OP, > > and "sfi=off" on an SFI-platform will likely result in boot failure. > > > > Signed-off-by: Feng Tang > > Signed-off-by: Len Brown > > --- > > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ > > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > I think the documentation update should be part of the patch > that changes the functionality, so the doc always matches the > code. True. I was somewhat lazy when i generated this patch series from as single patch, and split mainly in groups of files. Re: sfi=off I'm actually going to delete this one -- perhaps adding it later when/if it does something useful. thanks, -Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center