linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/efi: Correct ident mapping of efi old

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Date:   Sat, 6 May 2017 01:36:20 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>,
        Russ Anderson <rja@....com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
        Mike Travis <travis@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/efi: Correct ident mapping of efi old_map when
 kalsr enabled

On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 09:42:14PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> (Including the folks from SGI since this was hit on a UV system)

Wasn't there a BIOS fix supplied at some point which obviated the need
to boot with efi=old_map on SGI boxes?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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