linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] EFI changes for v5.8

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Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 15:14:17 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] EFI changes for v5.8


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

> Ingo, Thomsd, Boris,
> 
> Please pull the changes below. Note that I did not incorporate the GOT
> handling changes for the x86 decompressor - Arvind has some changes on
> top that might just as well go in at the same time, and they are not
> really EFI changes anyway.
> 
> The following changes since commit 4da0b2b7e67524cc206067865666899bc02e1cb0:
> 
>   efi/libstub: Re-enable command line initrd loading for x86 (2020-04-25 12:26:32 +0200)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git tags/efi-changes-for-v5.8
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to 9241dfe7f2772fc73c82eb950afb1c795d2c012c:
> 
>   efi/x86: Drop the special GDT for the EFI thunk (2020-05-24 00:25:15 +0200)
> 
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> More EFI changes for v5.8:
> - Rename pr_efi/pr_efi_err to efi_info/efi_err, and use them consistently
> - Simplify and unify initrd loading
> - Parse the builtin command line on x86 (if provided)
> - Implement printk() support, including support for wide character strings
> - Some fixes for issues introduced by the first batch of v5.8 changes
> - Fix a missing prototypes warning
> - Simplify GDT handling in early mixed mode thunking code
> - Some other minor fixes and cleanups

>  24 files changed, 1211 insertions(+), 313 deletions(-)

Pulled, thanks a lot Ard! Will push it out after a bit of testing.

There was one conflict, in drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h, 
with a straightforward resolution.

	Ingo