linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 0/3] EFI fixes for v5.5

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Date:   Wed, 25 Dec 2019 10:50:11 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 0/3] EFI fixes for v5.5


* Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:

> The following changes since commit a470552ee8965da0fe6fd4df0aa39c4cda652c7c:
> 
>   efi: Don't attempt to map RCI2 config table if it doesn't exist (2019-12-10 12:13:02 +0100)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git tags/efi-urgent
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 77217fcc8e04f27127b32825376ed508705fd946:
> 
>   x86/efistub: disable paging at mixed mode entry (2019-12-23 16:25:21 +0100)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Some more fixes for the EFI subsystem:
> - Ensure that the EFI framebuffer earlycon uses WC attributes on x86 (Arvind)
> - Another mixed mode fix from Hans, for the RNG code this time.
> - Fix mixed mode boot from OVMF, by disabling paging at entry.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ard Biesheuvel (1):
>       x86/efistub: disable paging at mixed mode entry
> 
> Arvind Sankar (1):
>       efi/earlycon: Fix write-combine mapping on x86
> 
> Hans de Goede (1):
>       efi/libstub/random: Initialize pointer variables to zero for mixed mode
> 
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S    |  5 +++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c       | 16 +++++++---------
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/random.c |  6 +++---
>  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Applied to tip:efi/urgent, thanks Ard!

	Ingo