From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-efi <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: ia64: move IA64-only declarations to new asm/efi.h header
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 09:39:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <294348ae-c87a-3bc1-3593-e0c7982fe7d7@physik.fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXGMzrrEnNfv-cf+fG3snSMDuud48tX1pEZKst9jODkiQw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Ard!
On 2/4/21 9:33 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> That is one aspect of it. Another aspect is that the lack of a
> asm/efi.h header created some problems in the past, given that all
> other EFI architectures do have it.
>
> But the most important reason is really that arch-specific definitions
> for an obsolete architecture should not be visible in other builds.
I fully agree. I try to test your patches over the weekend. Since Tony
is not active anymore, we need to get the patches pulled in through
someone else's tree. Probably Arnd or Mike (both CC'ed).
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-04 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-18 12:49 [PATCH] efi: ia64: move IA64-only declarations to new asm/efi.h header Ard Biesheuvel
2021-02-04 8:26 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-02-04 8:33 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-02-04 8:39 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz [this message]
2021-02-04 8:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-02-04 8:44 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-02-04 9:22 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-02-04 9:27 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
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