linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi: Clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES rather than EFI

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Message-ID: <1360827472.24917.35.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:37:52 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@...fujitsu.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	linux EFI ml <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-stable ml <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux x86 ml <x86@...nel.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Corentin Chary <corentincj@...aif.net>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@...onical.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES rather than EFI_BOOT by
 "noefi" boot parameter

On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 17:20 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 02/13/2013 04:12 PM, Satoru Takeuchi wrote:
> > From: Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@...fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > There was a serious problem in samsung-laptop that its platform driver is
> > designed to run under BIOS and running under EFI can cause the machine to
> > become bricked or can cause Machine Check Exceptions.
> > 
> 
> Matt, unless you object I'll pick this one up as urgent, please take the
> cleanup patch in normal order.

No objection from me, this looks correct.

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