From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Lukas Wunner <lukas-JFq808J9C/izQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Andreas Noever
<andreas.noever-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
grub-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org,
x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Apple device properties
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:29:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160913112921.GH3872@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1473242067.git.lukas-JFq808J9C/izQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, 07 Sep, at 12:49:18PM, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Retrieve device properties from EFI on Macs before ExitBootServices is
> called and assign them to devices (patch [3/4]). The devices that
> properties pertain to are encoded as EFI Device Paths, so add a parser
> for these (patch [2/4]). As a first use case, amend the Thunderbolt driver
> to take advantage of the Device ROM supplied by EFI (patch [4/4]).
>
> Patch [1/4] is already queued in Rafael J. Wysocki's tree for 4.9 and is
> included here only because patch [2/4] wouldn't compile without it.
>
> The series also depends on these two patches which are already queued
> in Matt's tree for 4.9:
>
> - x86/efi: Optimize away setup_gop32/64 if unused
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9315763/
>
> - x86/efi: Allow invocation of arbitrary boot services
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9293371/
I had a quick look over these series and nothing looks too crazy, but
I still need to do an in-depth review.
Given the patch dependencies you outlined above, could you resubmit
this after the v4.9 merge window closes? That way it won't be
forgotten about.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-13 11:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-07 10:49 [PATCH v2 0/4] Apple device properties Lukas Wunner
[not found] ` <cover.1473242067.git.lukas-JFq808J9C/izQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-07 10:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] efi: Add device path parser Lukas Wunner
2016-09-07 10:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI / bus: Make acpi_get_first_physical_node() public Lukas Wunner
2016-09-13 11:29 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2016-09-07 10:49 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/efi: Retrieve and assign Apple device properties Lukas Wunner
2016-09-07 10:49 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] thunderbolt: Use Device ROM retrieved from EFI Lukas Wunner
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