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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:09:46 +0000 From: Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Corentin Chary <corentincj@...aif.net>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, Alessandro Crismani <alessandro.crismani@...il.com>, Mikhail Bakhterev <mike.bakhterev@...il.com>, Patrick H <kernel@...storm.net>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] samsung-laptop: Disable if CONFIG_EFI=y On Mon, 2012-11-05 at 12:07 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > There is the 'efi_enabled' variable, but it doesn't strictly mean > > "this_is_a_uefi_system()", it actually means "Do we have EFI runtime > > services?". The whole thing is a bit of a mess and I'm planning on > > cleaning it up this week. > > > As far as I can understand it we should be reserving those areas on a > UEFI booted machine and just marking them as busy so that they are not > available to any drivers to go peering into. Yes, that would be the best way to resolve this going forward. -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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