linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add UV bios call infrastructure v2

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Message-ID: <20081002153403.GA153543@sgi.com>
Date:	Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:34:09 -0500
From:	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
To:	huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>
Cc:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	Russ Anderson <rja@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add UV bios call infrastructure v2

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:02:00PM +0800, huang ying wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Russ Anderson <rja@....com> wrote:
> >
> > efi_call_virt6() uses efi.systab->runtime->f.
> > My call needs to use uv_systab, not efi.systab.
> 
> Yes. efi_call_virt6() is tied with standard EFI runtime services, so
> it may be not suitable for your need. What you need is just to do
> calling convention converting, like efi_call6 does. So I think it is
> better to just use your current implementation.
> 
> Acked-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>

Thanks.  Ingo, that is the v2 version of the patchset.

> Best Regards,
> Huang Ying

-- 
Russ Anderson, OS RAS/Partitioning Project Lead  
SGI - Silicon Graphics Inc          rja@....com
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