From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752761Ab3LBCiw (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Dec 2013 21:38:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:2820 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752630Ab3LBCit (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Dec 2013 21:38:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:38:01 +0800 From: Dave Young To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Matt Fleming , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, hpa@zytor.com, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, vgoyal@redhat.com, ebiederm@xmission.com, horms@verge.net.au, kexec@lists.infradead.org, greg@kroah.com, toshi.kani@hp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/12] efi: only print saved efi runtime maps instead of all memmap ranges for kexec Message-ID: <20131202023801.GC3999@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> References: <1385445477-9665-1-git-send-email-dyoung@redhat.com> <1385445477-9665-9-git-send-email-dyoung@redhat.com> <20131127102701.GD18170@console-pimps.org> <20131127142726.GE32267@pd.tnic> <20131129085050.GF4186@dhcp-16-126.nay.redhat.com> <20131129164736.GE4266@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131129164736.GE4266@pd.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/29/13 at 05:47pm, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 04:50:50PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > It's for debugging purpose, I think it's helpful. > > Why? The first kernel did dump it already. As for the efi printk though 1st kernel already printed them out, but kexec kernel context is diffrent from 1st kernel, it's a fresh reboot we do need reprint them. I think kexec reboot is just like a normal reboot from user's point of view. Thanks Dave