linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/7 v2] kexec kernel efi runtime support

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Message-ID: <527DC1BE.6030107@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:01:50 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, horms@...ge.net.au,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, bp@...en8.de
Subject: Re: [patch 0/7 v2] kexec kernel efi runtime support

On 11/08/2013 07:57 PM, Dave Young wrote:
> 
> Hmm, if CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS is not set, then kexec-tools should
> fail getting efi_info, so I will fix kexec-tools patch about this.
> 
> Also CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP should select CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS.
> In future will try to move the boot params data out of debugfs. 
> 

Honestly, if we need debugfs to get actual functionality, it shouldn't
be in sploit^Wdebugfs...

	-hpa


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