linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] beautify EFI memmap logs

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Date:	Wed, 3 Sep 2014 14:35:03 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, matt.fleming@...el.com,
	msalter@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] beautify EFI memmap logs

On Wed, 03 Sep, at 01:32:18PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> changes in v2:
> - explain with examples how the log's appearance changes, in patches 3-5
>   [Ingo]
> 
> v1 blurb:
> 
> > It's a pain to analyze EFI memmap logs while debugging, especially to
> > verify the memory types (an enum) and the memory attributes (a
> > bitmap). This series renders those columns human-readable, and unifies
> > their formatting between x86, ia64 and arm64.
> 
> Thanks
> Laszlo
> 
> Laszlo Ersek (5):
>   efi: add macro for EFI_MEMORY_UCE memory attribute
>   efi: introduce efi_md_typeattr_format()
>   x86: efi: format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format()
>   ia64: efi: format EFI memory type & attrs with
>     efi_md_typeattr_format()
>   arm64: efi: format EFI memory type & attrs with
>     efi_md_typeattr_format()
> 
>  include/linux/efi.h         |  8 +++++++
>  arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c     | 26 +++++----------------
>  arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c      |  6 +++--
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c |  7 ++++--
>  drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c  | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Thanks Laszlo, applied to the 'next' branch with Ard's Tested-by and
Acked-by tags.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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