[PATCH v4 08/12] efi: only print saved efi runtime maps instead of all memmap ranges for kexec

Dave Young dyoung at redhat.com
Sun Dec 1 21:38:01 EST 2013


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



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