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From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Leif Lindholm
	<leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Matt Fleming
	<matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Ivan.khoronzhuk"
	<ivan.khoronzhuk-hExfYMNmJl/Cnp4W7fqMDg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efi: dmi: List SMBIOS3 table before SMBIOS table
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 19:11:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150526181152.GA3030@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKv+Gu-7cakYGoz8oq5CoqgDvLWxyGwAK++yS8A6tvWo5d1taA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, 30 Apr, at 06:10:48PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> 
> I don't have any objections to this patch per se, but I am not crazy
> about the fact that the way the output is ordered is kernel<->userland
> ABI now
> But since there appears to be a precedent with ACPI20 before ACPI,
> that was already the case, apparently.
> So,
> 
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

Thanks Ard.

I've thought about this for a long while and we always kinda treat the
results of sysfs files as ABI anyway. If SMBIOS 3 wasn't so new I
wouldn't entertain doing this, but I think it's OK in this situation.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-05-26 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-04-30 13:23 [PATCH v2] efi: dmi: List SMBIOS3 table before SMBIOS table Jean Delvare
     [not found] ` <20150430152305.26b89bd3-R0o5gVi9kd7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-30 16:04   ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]     ` <20150430160401.GF3014-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-04-30 16:10       ` Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]         ` <CAKv+Gu-7cakYGoz8oq5CoqgDvLWxyGwAK++yS8A6tvWo5d1taA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-26 18:11           ` Matt Fleming [this message]
     [not found]             ` <20150526181152.GA3030-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-27 10:30               ` Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]                 ` <CAKv+Gu-SeWYkqiwj+Hin5AiVW188dtLr+GHG80SxJV-uzrkA9A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-27 13:18                   ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                     ` <20150527131857.GD3030-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-05-27 13:41                       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-05-27 14:33                       ` Jean Delvare

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