linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support

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Message-ID: <20071025095639.22f6cad0@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:56:39 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic
 runtime service support

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:55:44 -0600
ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:

> I don't think there is a compelling case for us to use any efi
> services at this time

I would almost agree with this if it wasn't for the 1 call that OS
installers need to tell EFI about bootloader stuff; I've cc'd Peter
Jones since he'll know better what OS installers need; if they don't
need it after all...

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