linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/efi: Drop support for fake EFI memory maps

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Message-ID: <6683178094c32_5639294c7@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 13:54:24 -0700
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>, <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <dyoung@...hat.com>, "Ard
 Biesheuvel" <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/efi: Drop support for fake EFI memory maps

Tony Luck wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 01:17:01PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > [ add Tony who may care about the more-reliable removal ]
> 
> I don't think I care about removal the fake options. I have had
> systems that support real "more-reliable" memory for many years.

Ok, lets remove it and see what happens. I recall now that the major
policy knob that users may care about is efi=nosoftreserve, and the
ability to specify efi_fake_mem for testing purposes can move to memmap=
on the assumption that kernel-devs are much less likely to specify
broken settings, or at least can pick up the pieces.

Ard, you can add:

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>