[PATCH v4 07/12] efi: passing kexec necessary efi data via setup_data

Borislav Petkov bp at alien8.de
Mon Dec 2 04:44:41 EST 2013


On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 10:49:15AM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> All these setup_data passing, remapping etc. is mostly for kexec,
> add a lot of contiditional #if #endif makes the code a mess. I would
> prefer to not do this if you are not strongly object.

Right, having efi_kexec.c could solve all that, see my other mail.

> I'm confused how to connect this with DMI..

This HP platform - like any other platform out there - has specific DMI
strings identifying it. Look for examples calling dmi_check_system().

> Ok, so I will leave this to you after this series settle down.

Ok,

/me puts it on the TODO list :)

Thanks.

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