linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] SFI: core support

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Message-ID: <20090624075531.GM6760@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:55:31 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"sfi-devel@...plefirmware.org" <sfi-devel@...plefirmware.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] SFI: core support

> understand your concern, but to walk a list we still need have some global
> parameter like SYST address, and do the map/unmap and checksum work.

You just keep it mapped always. And the checksums only need to 
be checked once at the beginning. If there's a checksum error
anywhere it's better to complete disable SFI

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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