From: Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Toshi Kani <toshi.kani-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>,
kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org,
linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
James.Bottomley-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org,
horms-/R6kz+dDXgpPR4JQBCEnsQ@public.gmane.org,
bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org,
ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:51:14 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131112095114.GA20100@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5281F6D5.4090700-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 01:37:25AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 11/12/2013 12:30 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > And these binary data blobs are a "standard" somewhere, and will not
> > change per kernel version change?
> >
> > If so, that structure is fine with me.
> >
>
> Correct. The structure is documented in Documentation/x86/boot.txt, and
> has been largely invariant (but extended) since the beginning of Linux.
> It has sometimes taken some serious work to keep it that way.
Ok, then use the binary sysfs file interface for these blobs, and
everyone will be happy.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-12 9:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-05 8:29 [patch 0/3 v2] kexec-tools: efi runtime support dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
[not found] ` <20131105083428.411624560-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 1:27 ` Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1384219658.1847.84.camel-RbGIw1UOYPVo/CpIj0byZw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 2:14 ` Dave Young
2013-11-12 3:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <52819E71.70201-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 3:53 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <aa0ccca4-b27b-41b6-8adb-3c969eb29bf7@email.android.com>
[not found] ` <aa0ccca4-b27b-41b6-8adb-3c969eb29bf7-2ueSQiBKiTY7tOexoI0I+QC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 14:26 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-11-12 7:58 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20131112075831.GA6213-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:08 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131112080854.GD6999-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:30 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20131112083012.GB7708-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:50 ` Dave Young
2013-11-12 9:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <5281F6D5.4090700-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 9:51 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <20131112095114.GA20100-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-13 0:50 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131113005032.GB5069-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 2:22 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131118022234.GD4025-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 3:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <52898982.3020200-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 5:29 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131118052949.GA14532-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 5:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 2/3 v2] Add efi_info in x86 setup header dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 3/3 v2] Passing efi related data via setup_data dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
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