From: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
To: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
"edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@ml01.01.org>,
QEMU Developers <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
qemu-arm <qemu-arm@nongnu.org>,
Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@linaro.org>,
Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ARM: Virt: Don't generate RTC ACPI node when using UEFI
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:52:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFEAcA_0+gntO3EHooZGJ4x0sA+_GLBZXg=2FrxGfFZ5G_EWZQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56962B73.3080407@redhat.com>
On 13 January 2016 at 10:48, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/13/16 11:20, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> I am not buying it either, to be honest. In fact, I think it is
>> another reason why we should mandate UEFI when using ACPI (which is
>> already the case in practice). Then, we can simply omit the RTC ACPI
>> node entirely.
>
> Good point.
Yes, a patch that simply removed the RTC device from the
ACPI table altogether would I think be better. That then
continues with the current approach that the tables provided
by QEMU are intended for use only with a UEFI bios in
the picture.
thanks
-- PMM
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-13 11:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-12 15:24 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] ARM: Virt: Don't generate RTC ACPI node when using UEFI Shannon Zhao
2016-01-12 15:30 ` Peter Maydell
2016-01-13 1:50 ` Shannon Zhao
2016-01-13 10:09 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-01-13 10:18 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-01-13 10:20 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-01-13 10:48 ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-01-13 11:52 ` Peter Maydell [this message]
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