linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] efi: Dump the EFI page table

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Message-ID: <20140120134121.GC3003@pd.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:41:21 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Linux EFI <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] efi: Dump the EFI page table

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 01:38:02PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > +config EFI_PGT_DUMP
> > +	bool "Dump the EFI pagetable"
> > +	depends on EFI && X86_PTDUMP
> > +	---help---
> > +	  Enable this if you want to dump the EFI page table before
> > +	  enabling virtual mode. This can be used to debug miscellaneous
> > +	  issues with the mapping of the EFI runtime regions into that
> > +	  table.
> > +
> 
> Would this be more suitable in arch/x86/Kconfig.debug?

I wanted to keep it close to CONFIG_EFI if we decide to make EFI into a
menu some day but I don't have a strong preference.

Just move it when applying.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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