From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200 Message-ID: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1372183863-11333-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> <1372183863-11333-2-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "patches@linaro.org" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Leif Lindholm , Grant Likely , matt.fleming@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org 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