[PATCH] arm64: support reboot and power off via EFI runtime

[matt@console-pimps.org (Matt Fleming)]

On Wed, 18 Jun, at 10:41:47AM, Mark Salter wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 09:09 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Add handlers for arm_pm_resestart and pm_power_off which use EFI
> > 
> > typo.
> > 
> > > runtime services ResetSystem call to perform the functions. These
> > > handlers are only installed if no handler currently exists. This
> > > allows PSCI to take priority over EFI for these functions.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > Where's the arm32 version? Surely this could be shared with all
> > arches. pm_power_off is at least architecturally independent. We
> > should do the same for restart/reboot. I'm not saying do that now, but
> > at least put it in the right place for that to happen.
> > 
> > Rob
> 
> Good point. So the right place would be drivers/firmware/efi I think.
> Add a CONFIG_EFI_RESET with default off. I suppose we could also
> go ahead and s/arm_pm_restart/pm_restart/ kernel-wide or have an
> ifdef in the code (or depends on ARM64 || ARM in Kconfig) until we
> do so.
> 
> [Matt Fleming CC'd]
 
Heh, this is timely. I wrote some patches last week to use
EfiResetSystem() for ACPI Hardware Reduced platforms,

  http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git/log/?h=efi/reboot

so it would definitely be good if we could try and solve both of our
problems simultaneously.

Let me post that patch series to kickoff the discussion.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center