From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
patches@linaro.org, hpa@linux.intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
matt.fleming@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:20:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130625182021.GA29955@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1372183863-11333-4-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:11:02PM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> This patch implements basic support for UEFI runtime services in the
> ARM architecture - a requirement for using efibootmgr to read and update
> the system boot configuration.
>
> It also locates any presented SMBIOS configuration table and stores it
> for potential later use by DMI.
This appears to duplicate code that's already duplicated between x86 and
ia64. We made a mistake there originally - let's not do it again. Having
this code in three places is inevitably going to lead to skew and missed
bugfixes.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-25 18:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ 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 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services Leif Lindholm
2013-06-26 13:13 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:04 ` Leif Lindholm
[not found] ` <20130626140459.GB9078-GZEopFhza0F985/tl1ce8aaDwS/vmuI7@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:35 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 14:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
[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 23:42 ` Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <51CA2B03.4080106-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:20 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <CACxGe6vsBKnbipR-Zd1T9Ox1J2ugFmShrGXGUzPa_=D9TJvFQw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
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 14:38 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 1:32 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 6:23 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 6:33 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 14:37 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 15:09 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 15:37 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 17:28 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-27 14:54 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-27 15:04 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-27 18:32 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
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 18:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-26 18:32 ` Stephen Warren
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 20:11 ` Grant Likely
2013-06-30 3:21 ` Rob Landley
2013-06-25 18:11 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: efi: break efi_lookup_mapped_addr out to generic code Leif Lindholm
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
[not found] ` <20130626133217.GO22026-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 14:11 ` Leif Lindholm
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 18:20 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
[not found] ` <20130625182021.GA29955-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
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
[not found] ` <CACxGe6sH4dAVryBp7TeUmrwsJmnMdLsQm++U4EVDJVNi9pnqYw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
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 14:35 ` Grant Likely
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
[not found] ` <1372183863-11333-5-git-send-email-leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-26 13:24 ` Grant Likely
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20130625182021.GA29955@srcf.ucam.org \
--to=mjg59@srcf.ucam.org \
--cc=hpa@linux.intel.com \
--cc=leif.lindholm@linaro.org \
--cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
--cc=linux-doc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-efi@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=matt.fleming@intel.com \
--cc=patches@linaro.org \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox