linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] efi/firmware/platform-x86: Add EFI embedded fw support

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Message-ID: <20191008110512.GA116541@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 13:05:12 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Dave Olsthoorn <dave@...aar.me>, x86@...nel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] efi/firmware/platform-x86: Add EFI embedded fw
 support


* Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> wrote:

> > So I was looking for a high level 0/ boilerplate description of this
> > series, to explain what "EFI embedded fw" is, what problems it solves and
> > how it helps the kernel in general - and found this in 2/8:
> 
> Sorry you had to dig into the individual patch changelogs for that
> I sorta assumed that everyone involved would still vaguely remember
> what this series is about.

Wasn't *that* hard to do and I intended to read the patches anyway. ;-)

Thanks for the explanation and the answers, this all looks good to me in 
principle and in implementation as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo