From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Fleming Subject: Re: [patch 6/7 v2] passing kexec necessary efi data via setup_data Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:50:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20131113155032.GD17248@console-pimps.org> References: <20131105082007.872550445@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <20131105082718.837997775@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131105082718.837997775-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+glkk-kexec=m.gmane.org-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org To: dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org Cc: mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@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, hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 05 Nov, at 04:20:13PM, dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org wrote: > Add a new setup_data type SETUP_EFI for kexec use. > Passing the saved fw_vendor, runtime, config tables and > efi runtime mappings. > > When entering virtual mode, directly mapping the efi > runtime ragions which we passed in previously. And skip > the step to call SetVirtualAddressMap. > > Specially for HP z420 workstation it need another variable > saving, it's the smbios physical address, the HP bios > also update the SMBIOS address after entering virtual mode > besides of the standard fw_vendor,runtime and config table. Does that mean that on some of the platforms you tested the SMBIOS address isn't updated? -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center