linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] x86, efi: EFI boot stub support

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Date:	Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:31:13 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 10/10] x86, efi: EFI boot stub support

On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 21:07 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> grub needs to be able to read files off filesystems that may not be 
> supported by the UEFI implementation, so has its own filesystem drivers 
> that use disk_io.

Ah, of course. Thanks Matthew.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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