From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [regression, bisected] x86: efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:59:53 -0700 Message-ID: <51A92B69.9010108@linux.intel.com> References: <20130531101250.GD30394@gmail.com> <20130531123015.GC17843@nazgul.tnic> <20130531124356.GA8212@gmail.com> <20130531143425.GA5850@srcf.ucam.org> <1370011357.1913.15.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20130531144826.GB5850@srcf.ucam.org> <20130531154348.GA17145@sgi.com> <20130531162815.GA8082@srcf.ucam.org> <20130531225730.GB14752@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130531225730.GB14752-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Russ Anderson Cc: Matthew Garrett , James Bottomley , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Jiri Kosina , joeyli , Matt Fleming , matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Thomas Gleixner , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On 05/31/2013 03:57 PM, Russ Anderson wrote: > >>> Which means the previous patch(es) that caused the bricking should >>> get pulled, too. >> >> There are no patches that cause the bricking. > > I thought that was the problem you were trying to avoid. > There are no *patches* that cause the bricking. We have been trying to figure out how to *avoid* the bricking. -hpa