linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1306201632490.3478@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:33:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linux EFI <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013, Matthew Garrett wrote:

> > This will break the Macs so maybe we can do
> > 
> > efi=no_11_map
> > 
> > so the Macs can still boot but use the 1:1 map by default.
> 
> I'm going to guess that there are more people running unmodified Linux 
> kernels on Macs than there are people using kexec, 

I'd be careful in order not to underestimate how much kexec is being used. 
[At least some] distros are using it during installation process.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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