From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752460AbYIXEY4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:24:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751166AbYIXEYs (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:24:48 -0400 Received: from relay1.sgi.com ([192.48.171.29]:38676 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750937AbYIXEYr (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:24:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:24:46 -0500 From: Russ Anderson To: Huang Ying Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, "H. Peter Anvin" , Jack Steiner , Russ Anderson Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86: UV runtime bios calls Message-ID: <20080924042445.GB135367@sgi.com> Reply-To: Russ Anderson References: <20080922210644.GC222374@sgi.com> <1222225747.23099.104.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1222225747.23099.104.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:09:07AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote: > Hi, Russ, > > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 16:06 -0500, Russ Anderson wrote: > > This patch uses sal_systab. sal_systab is used on ia64, but was > > not used on x86. An alternative would be to create a new > > EFI entry type (uv_systab), though that would require adding > > to struct efi. > > I don't think it is a good idea to use sal_systab, if it is not a real > sal_systab. It's better to add new field such as uv_systab to struct > efi, which is not defined by UEFI standard, so can be changed. OK. My first development version took that approach, so it I just have to put that code back in. Thanks, -- Russ Anderson, OS RAS/Partitioning Project Lead SGI - Silicon Graphics Inc rja@sgi.com