linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] efi: Detect UEFI 2.8 Special Purpose Memory

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Message-ID: <766281c0-e770-2a0f-e885-0921e599740f@metux.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:43:35 +0200
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] efi: Detect UEFI 2.8 Special Purpose Memory

On 09.04.19 18:43, Dan Williams wrote:

>>> UEFI 2.8 defines an EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute bit to augment the
>>> interpretation of the EFI Memory Types as "reserved for a special
>>> purpose".

What exactly is that suppose to mean ?
Little pacmans might come around and eat the bits ? :o
Who writes specs like that ? What drugs do did take ?


I vote for calling this the lore-ipsum-area ;-)


--mtx

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