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From: fupan <fupan.li-CWA4WttNNZF54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10 ~ 3.14] efi: fix the efi 32bit boot failed problem
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:22:33 +0800
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On 07/31/2015 12:59 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 05:45:44PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Jul, at 09:31:02AM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> Why isn't this an issue in newer kernel releases?  Did this already get
>>> fixed by some other patch?  If so, why can't we just take that patch?
>>> If not, why not?
>>   
>> The commit 35d5134b7d5a ("x86/efi: Correct EFI boot stub use of
>> code32_start") only exists in the stable trees in that form because
>> there was quite a lot of churn in that area in Linus tree that didn't
>> get backported.
>>
>> So the code in Linus' tree never looked like the code in the stable does
>> right now.
>>
>>> I _REALLY_ don't like taking patches that are not already in Linus's
>>> tree, as it almost always turns out to be the wrong solution.
>> Yeah, I think this issue verifies that.
> Ugh, what a mess.  Ok, if you get something that works and is in a
> format that I can apply it, please resend it properly so that we can do
> so.
Hi, Matt

Will you take care of this patch or I send a V2?

Thanks!

Fupan
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>