From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi_stub: update documentation on dtb= parameter Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 09:51:11 -0600 Message-ID: <20180906095111.1a74dfcd@lwn.net> References: <20180905190750.4566-1-grant.likely@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180905190750.4566-1-grant.likely@arm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Grant Likely Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, olof@lixom.net, scott.branden@broadcom.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will.deacon@arm.com, arnd@arndb.de, leif.lindholm@linaro.org, agraf@suse.de, Ard Biesheuvel List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 5 Sep 2018 20:07:50 +0100 Grant Likely wrote: > The dtb= parameter is no longer the primary mechanism for providing a > devicetree to the kernel. Now either firmware or the boot selector (ex. > Grub) should provide the devicetree and dtb= should only be used for > debug or when using firmware that doesn't understand DT. > Update the EFI stub documentation to reflect the current usage. So I hate to be obnoxious, but... > IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy > the information in any medium. Thank you. Can I get a version of the patch without this language? Then I'll be glad to apply it. Thanks, jon