From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/12] efi: passing kexec necessary efi data via setup_data Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:44:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20131202094441.GB7380@pd.tnic> References: <1385445477-9665-1-git-send-email-dyoung@redhat.com> <1385445477-9665-8-git-send-email-dyoung@redhat.com> <20131127140732.GD32267@pd.tnic> <20131129091415.GH4186@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <20131129164632.GD4266@pd.tnic> <20131202024914.GD3999@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131202024914.GD3999-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Dave Young Cc: toshi.kani-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org, hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, James.Bottomley-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org, vgoyal-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, horms-/R6kz+dDXgpPR4JQBCEnsQ@public.gmane.org, kexec-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:49:15AM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > All these setup_data passing, remapping etc. is mostly for kexec, > add a lot of contiditional #if #endif makes the code a mess. I would > prefer to not do this if you are not strongly object. Right, having efi_kexec.c could solve all that, see my other mail. > I'm confused how to connect this with DMI.. This HP platform - like any other platform out there - has specific DMI strings identifying it. Look for examples calling dmi_check_system(). > Ok, so I will leave this to you after this series settle down. Ok, /me puts it on the TODO list :) Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine. --