linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86, efi: Calling __pa() with an ioremap()ed address is invalid"

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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:50:52 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86, efi: Calling __pa() with an ioremap()ed
 address is invalid"

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com> wrote:
>
> Happy to oblige. Here's the first few seconds (until X starts):

Ahh. And the reason it works for me is that I don't even have
"CONFIG_EFI" enabled, much less EFI debugging. So I never trigger the
buggy code at all.

That certainly explains why I never saw the problem,

                 Linus
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