linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:46:22 +0100
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"patches@...aro.org" <patches@...aro.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, matt.fleming@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm: Add [U]EFI runtime services support

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 07:11:02PM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
>> This patch implements basic support for UEFI runtime services in the
>> ARM architecture - a requirement for using efibootmgr to read and update
>> the system boot configuration.
>>
>> It also locates any presented SMBIOS configuration table and stores it
>> for potential later use by DMI.
>
> This appears to duplicate code that's already duplicated between x86 and
> ia64. We made a mistake there originally - let's not do it again. Having
> this code in three places is inevitably going to lead to skew and missed
> bugfixes.

+1

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