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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Greg KH
	<gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>,
	Bryan O'Donoghue
	<bryan.odonoghue.lkml-SyKdqv6vbfZdzvEItQ6vdLNAH6kLmebB@public.gmane.org>
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	matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
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	tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove warning in efi_enter_virtual_mode V2
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:00:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bb2db2a1-835f-47d0-830d-0dd3785343a9@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130419055813.GA16443-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

The only real use for command line options is to be able to get users to test something during troubleshooting.

Greg KH <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> wrote:

>On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:05:41PM +0100, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>> Some EFI BIOS stores BGRT data in the wrong place and some EFI based
>> BIOS also requires mapping of boot code/data when doing
>> efi_enter_virtual_mode.
>> 
>> Current code in efi_enter_virtual_mode maps both EFI_RUNTIME_MEMORY
>and
>> BIOS boot code/data.
>> 
>> This patch gives the option to switch off that behavior - if your
>BIOS
>> has neither BGRT - nor bugs that require mapping of EFI boot
>code/data
>
>No, never add new boot options, no users, or distros, know to set them.
>Isn't there some way we can dynamically determine this instead?
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h

-- 
Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-19  6:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-17 22:05 [PATCH] Remove warning in efi_enter_virtual_mode V2 Bryan O'Donoghue
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2013-04-19  5:58   ` Greg KH
     [not found]     ` <20130419055813.GA16443-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-19  6:00       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
     [not found]         ` <bb2db2a1-835f-47d0-830d-0dd3785343a9-2ueSQiBKiTY7tOexoI0I+QC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-19  6:11           ` Greg KH
     [not found]             ` <20130419061146.GA16775-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-04-19  6:17               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-04-19 11:15       ` Bryan O'Donoghue

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