linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Add EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE support to efi_md_typeattr

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Message-ID: <20150825150317.GB3013@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:03:17 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:	Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	qiuxishi@...wei.com, kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com,
	Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Add EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE support to
 efi_md_typeattr_format()

On Tue, 25 Aug, at 04:23:10PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> 
> Since its meaning is not at all obvious even when printing RELIABLE in
> full, couldn't we simply use 'MR' instead? You need the UEFI spec to
> make sense of this anyway ... (Same goes for RUN btw, perhaps RT would
> even be clearer there)

Fair point.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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