From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
"patches@linaro.org" <patches@linaro.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
matt.fleming@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACxGe6tUpo31p6N0BZt_jdonuPP8ijvLBygC76wQ044EFsqOwA@mail.gmail.com>
On Wednesday 26 June 2013, Grant Likely wrote:
> > index 0000000..5c48271
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
> > +The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
> > +
> > +The implementation depends on receiving pointers to the UEFI memory map
> > +and System Table in a Flattened Device Tree - so is only available with
> > +CONFIG_OF.
> > +
> > +It (early) parses the FDT for the following parameters:
>
> Need to state which node these properties can be found in. I recommend /chosen
>
> I would also prefix all of the following properties with "linux,"
> since they are very much about what the Linux kernel needs for
> booting. EFI stub will be creating these properties specifically for
> Linux, and the LinuxLoader should do the same (until we eventually
> kill it).
Why not make it a separate /efi node instead, mirroring what we
have for hypervisor specific information and things like rtas?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-27 14:22 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
[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
2013-06-26 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 [this message]
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
[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
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