[PATCH v3 0/3] (U)EFI runtime services for arm
Grant Likely
grant.likely at linaro.org
Thu Dec 5 07:04:00 EST 2013
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:58:51 +0100, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm at linaro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:53:19AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Nov, at 04:41:20PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> > > In systems based on [U]EFI-conformant firmware, runtime services provide
> > > a standardised way for the kernel to update firmware environment
> > > variables. This is used for example by efibootmgr to update which image
> > > should be loaded on next boot.
> > >
> > > This patchset implements basic support for UEFI runtime services on ARM
> > > platforms, as well as the basic underlying EFI support. It also defines
> > > a mechanism by which the required information is passed from the
> > > bootloader (the EFI stub submitted separately) to the kernel via FDT
> > > entries.
> >
> > This all looks pretty good to me. Is this series going through the ARM
> > trees?
>
> Thanks.
> That's the plan.
FWIW, I would like to see this merged this cycle. I think it is ready
enough and can be fixed up in-place.
g.
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