linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] EFI changes for v5.1

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Message-ID: <20190305123725.GA42141@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 Mar 2019 13:37:25 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] EFI changes for v5.1


* Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:

> Hi ingo,
> 
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 13:20, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Linus,
> >
> > Please pull the latest efi-core-for-linus git tree from:
> >
> >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git efi-core-for-linus
> >
> >    # HEAD: 5c418dc789a3898717ebf2caa5716ba91a7150b2 efi: Fix build error due to enum collision between efi.h and ima.h
> >
> > The main EFI changes in this cycle were:
> >
> >  - Move BGRT table handling to earlier in the boot so we don't overwrite it
> 
> This one actually got reverted because it broke x86. I haven't heard 
> back from the Intel engineers that reported the issue, so i will 
> revisit this at a later date.

Indeed, and I applied the revert and then promptly forgot about it...

So the real changelog is:

 - Use 32-bit alignment for efi_guid_t
 - Allow the SetVirtualAddressMap() call to be omitted
 - Implement earlycon=efifb based on existing earlyprintk code
 - Various minor fixes and code cleanups from Sai, Ard and me

Sorry and thanks,

	Ingo