From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efi: dmi: List SMBIOS3 table before SMBIOS table Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 16:33:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20150527163304.32f0c866@endymion.delvare> References: <20150430152305.26b89bd3@endymion.delvare> <20150430160401.GF3014@codeblueprint.co.uk> <20150526181152.GA3030@codeblueprint.co.uk> <20150527131857.GD3030@codeblueprint.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150527131857.GD3030-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Matt Fleming Cc: Ard Biesheuvel , linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Leif Lindholm , Matt Fleming , "Ivan.khoronzhuk" List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 27 May 2015 14:18:57 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote: > On Wed, 27 May, at 12:30:37PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > OK. Then I guess we should at least document in > > Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-firmware-efi-systab that the order in > > which the entries are enumerated is part of the ABI. > > Makes perfect sense to me. How about this? > > --- > > From ccb5f08bb71ae4199c75668c6beacd6b47fa186c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Matt Fleming > Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 14:14:22 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] efi: Add 'systab' information to Documentation/ABI > > It's not clear right now that the order in which entries are displayed > in /sys/firmware/efi/systab actually forms an ABI that userspace tools > rely upon. > > Document the ABI along with the userspace tool that cares. > > Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel > Cc: Jean Delvare > Cc: Leif Lindholm > Cc: Ivan Khoronzhuk > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming > --- > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi > index 05874da7ce80..e794eac32a90 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi > @@ -18,3 +18,13 @@ Contact: Dave Young > Description: It shows the physical address of config table entry in the EFI > system table. > Users: Kexec > + > +What: /sys/firmware/efi/systab > +Date: April 2005 > +Contact: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > +Description: Displays the physical addresses of all EFI Configuration > + Tables found via the EFI System Table. The order in > + which the tables are printed forms an ABI and newer > + versions are always printed first, i.e. ACPI20 comes > + before ACPI. > +Users: dmidecode Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare Thank you, -- Jean Delvare SUSE L3 Support