linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 02/14] efi: use early_memremap and early

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Message-ID: <20131211113207.GA29980@console-pimps.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:32:07 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@...aro.org>
Cc:	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org,
	hpa@...or.com, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
	vgoyal@...hat.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com, horms@...ge.net.au,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, bp@...en8.de, greg@...ah.com,
	toshi.kani@...com, Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/14] efi: use early_memremap and early_memunmap

On Wed, 11 Dec, at 12:02:27PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:39:03AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Leif, Mark, does this patch look OK for ARM? We'd need to introduce a
> > new early_memunmap() function so that things still build, but that
> > should be straight forward. You'd even be able to get rid of the
> > asymmetry in uefi_init() where you map efi.systab with early_memremap()
> > but unmap it with early_iounmap().
> 
> This patch looks splendid for ARM. As long as Mark can get the new
> function into an update to the early_*remap() set, I can include this
> in my next version - which is coming this week.

Great!

Oh and ia64 would also need early_memunmap(). Tony, the original patch
is here,

  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.kexec/10383

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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