linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/boot: Use EFI setup data if provided

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Date:   Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:16:05 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
        Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:     "bhe@...hat.com" <bhe@...hat.com>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
        "kasong@...hat.com" <kasong@...hat.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "kexec@...ts.infradead.org" <kexec@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/boot: Use EFI setup data if provided

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 05:05:50PM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
> But in my code, I am not sure which version will be found firstly, so I
> write this logical, if ACPI20 found, return directly, then consider ACPI 1.0.

Thanks.

Junichi, please add a shorter version of that as a comment to the code,
above the function name so that it is clear why we're preferring the 2.0
version.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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