From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:45638 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753372Ab2LFASZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:18:25 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 00:18:19 +0000 From: Matthew Garrett To: Yinghai Lu Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, mfleming@intel.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , "Eric W. Biederman" Subject: Re: Use PCI ROMs from EFI boot services Message-ID: <20121206001819.GA30527@srcf.ucam.org> References: <1345739803-21017-1-git-send-email-mjg@redhat.com> <20121203200241.GG5906@thinkpad-t410> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 04:15:56PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote: > at the same time we should export setup_data into /sys, so kexec could > append this pointer to command of > second kernel, just like kexec append acpi_rsdp. > That should address DavidW's concern. Why should the kernel export data to userspace just so that that data can be passed back into the kernel? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org