linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] xen: Put EFI machinery in place

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Message-ID: <20140616190623.GI3463@olila.local.net-space.pl>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:06:23 +0200
From:	Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
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	stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] xen: Put EFI machinery in place

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 01:00:29PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 13/06/14 18:00, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> >
> > v5 - suggestions/fixes:
>
> Put after a --- marker.

Why?

You mean:

---

v5 - suggestions/fixes:
...

> > +static efi_char16_t vendor[100] __initdata;
>
> Why 100?

Well... Quite arbitrary value. The same thing is used in
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c:efi_init(). Sadly UEFI sepec
says nothing about maximum vendor name length.

Daniel
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