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From: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
To: "Fleming, Matt" <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Cc: "bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	vgoyal@redhat.com, Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] export efi.flags to sysfs
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 17:47:12 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140528094712.GL2820@darkstar.nay.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140528020935.GB2820@darkstar.nay.redhat.com>

Add Alex to cc

> > The 1:1 mapping was required to make kexec + EFI work in the first
> > instance. If a machine implements the EFI 1:1 mapping, kexec should
> > work. If it doesn't implement the 1:1 mapping, then it's probably not
> > going to work, right?
> > 
> > The crux of the question: are you trying to fix a regression?
> > 
> > If not, then we just need to get SGI UV working with the EFI 1:1
> > mapping. No?

Alex is working on a SGI UV fix for 1:1 mapping.
Question to Alex, if userspace can get the firmware version there might
be another option that kexec-tools checking the firmware version and
switch to old noefi way automaticlly. Is it doable?

Thanks
Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-28  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-26  8:39 Dave Young
2014-05-27  3:00 ` Dave Young
2014-05-27 13:36   ` Fleming, Matt
2014-05-28  2:09     ` Dave Young
2014-05-28  9:47       ` Dave Young [this message]
2014-05-28 15:51         ` Alex Thorlton
2014-05-28 19:04           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-28 20:11             ` Alex Thorlton
2014-05-29 11:58             ` Fleming, Matt
2014-05-29  2:37           ` Dave Young
2014-05-28 14:51       ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-29 11:53         ` Fleming, Matt
2014-05-29 12:59           ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-29 13:10             ` Fleming, Matt
2014-05-30  1:53               ` Dave Young
2014-05-27 13:34 ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-28  2:13   ` Dave Young
2014-05-28 12:40     ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-29  2:08       ` Dave Young
2014-05-29  9:09         ` Dave Young
2014-05-29 12:45         ` Vivek Goyal
2014-05-29 12:50           ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-30  2:24           ` Dave Young
2014-05-30  7:33             ` Borislav Petkov

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