linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] (U)EFI runtime services for arm

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Message-ID: <20131129175850.GW24997@rocoto.smurfnet.nu>
Date:	Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:58:51 +0100
From:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	matt.fleming@...el.com, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	roy.franz@...aro.org, msalter@...hat.com, patches@...aro.org,
	linaro-uefi@...ts.linaro.org, mark.rutland@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] (U)EFI runtime services for arm

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:53:19AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov, at 04:41:20PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> > In systems based on [U]EFI-conformant firmware, runtime services provide
> > a standardised way for the kernel to update firmware environment
> > variables. This is used for example by efibootmgr to update which image
> > should be loaded on next boot.
> > 
> > This patchset implements basic support for UEFI runtime services on ARM
> > platforms, as well as the basic underlying EFI support. It also defines
> > a mechanism by which the required information is passed from the
> > bootloader (the EFI stub submitted separately) to the kernel via FDT
> > entries.
> 
> This all looks pretty good to me. Is this series going through the ARM
> trees?

Thanks.
That's the plan.

/
    Leif
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