From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:29:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52898982.3020200@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131118022234.GD4025-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
On 11/17/2013 06:22 PM, Dave Young wrote:
> On 11/13/13 at 08:50am, Dave Young wrote:
>> On 11/12/13 at 06:51pm, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 01:37:25AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> On 11/12/2013 12:30 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> And these binary data blobs are a "standard" somewhere, and will not
>>>>> change per kernel version change?
>>>>>
>>>>> If so, that structure is fine with me.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Correct. The structure is documented in Documentation/x86/boot.txt, and
>>>> has been largely invariant (but extended) since the beginning of Linux.
>>>> It has sometimes taken some serious work to keep it that way.
>>>
>>> Ok, then use the binary sysfs file interface for these blobs, and
>>> everyone will be happy.
>>
>> Since we got an agreement I will move them to sysfs in next version.
>
> I have created one patch for the sysfs part this weekend, bug I'm hesitating to
> remove the debugfs part because currently there's already user, I tend to
> keep them in debugfs for now.
>
> What do you think, Peter?
>
Yes, it makes sense to keep them for compatibility, at least for now.
What is the specific user that already exists?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-18 3:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-05 8:29 [patch 0/3 v2] kexec-tools: efi runtime support dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 1/3 v2] Add function get_bootparam dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
[not found] ` <20131105083428.411624560-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 1:27 ` Toshi Kani
[not found] ` <1384219658.1847.84.camel-RbGIw1UOYPVo/CpIj0byZw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 2:14 ` Dave Young
2013-11-12 3:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <52819E71.70201-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 3:53 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <aa0ccca4-b27b-41b6-8adb-3c969eb29bf7@email.android.com>
[not found] ` <aa0ccca4-b27b-41b6-8adb-3c969eb29bf7-2ueSQiBKiTY7tOexoI0I+QC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 14:26 ` Vivek Goyal
2013-11-12 7:58 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20131112075831.GA6213-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:08 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131112080854.GD6999-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:30 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20131112083012.GB7708-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 8:50 ` Dave Young
2013-11-12 9:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <5281F6D5.4090700-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-12 9:51 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20131112095114.GA20100-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-13 0:50 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131113005032.GB5069-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 2:22 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131118022234.GD4025-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 3:29 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
[not found] ` <52898982.3020200-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 5:29 ` Dave Young
[not found] ` <20131118052949.GA14532-je1gSBvt1TcFLmT5oZ11vB/sF2h8X+2i0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-18 5:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 2/3 v2] Add efi_info in x86 setup header dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
2013-11-05 8:29 ` [patch 3/3 v2] Passing efi related data via setup_data dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA
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