From: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@suse.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:52:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aKLNrRzxCOqXcWMq@r1chard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <udidf2skqwbhx6mg4tmsxuipqqgh4amwcxvbjdrqs5g5vla6xp@7wiyrojpjok4>
On 2025/08/13 10:03, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 03:54:29PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > People not very intimate with EFI may not know the meaning of the OVMF
> > acronym. Write it in full, to help users with making good decisions
> > when configuring their kernels.
> >
> > Fixes: f393a761763c5427 ("efi: add ovmf debug log driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>
> > + Recent versions of the Open Virtual Machine Firmware
> > + (edk2-stable202508 + newer) can write their debug log to a memory
> > + buffer. This driver exposes the log content via sysfs
> > + (/sys/firmware/efi/ovmf_debug_log).
>
> Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@suse.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-18 6:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-12 13:54 [PATCH] efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-08-13 8:03 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2025-08-18 6:52 ` Richard Lyu [this message]
2025-08-29 17:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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