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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:23:16 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Hedi Berriche <hedi@....com>,
Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV
On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 09:00:47AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> We should at least check the BIOS version via a DMI quirk and panic in some nicely
> informative 'upgrade your BIOS!' way to ease the transition ...
Or since we're touching BIOS anyway, maybe stick a bit somewhere which
says "EFI is fixed/quirk not needed anymore" when set and software can
check that bit instead of checking BIOS versions...
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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