Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753801Ab3F0OXf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:23:35 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:55639 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753708Ab3F0OXL (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:23:11 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: arm: [U]EFI runtime services Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:26 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/3.8.0-22-generic; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Grant Likely , Leif Lindholm , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, "patches@linaro.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , matt.fleming@intel.com, Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" References: <1372183863-11333-1-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> <1372183863-11333-2-git-send-email-leif.lindholm@linaro.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201306271622.26494.arnd@arndb.de> X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:xhVg3KtqcIZv2KKn+faLTS+nOEKE41E8H9L1J0UBXUO eGQ3MKhaI+K037TDZ6YyN2skeLCHSqL9wDQrtnFsyH3LvPlM8o Zc4PsD7nQJPN0Xrxr1aFYeEP5nKGKrFQt1hdzEIJHRDkecveou ZSVkkNvuJXD5YaLjkkgmxNnFVQlP6Pd2m3bJAZ2QQul+CASslh jhezOfl2mngwZfct5iLC4rEzBShrFHrl/+NmABN5NlGpKur+/1 maB8twiAc9e43+Nnph3g/9MqEm1u4PMd1ocOEEpPcJDbG4k4dt 40qnqc7m2Yx9H3Mdc+Ev8KzXT9NiPfAa43qOVs0WvU59tv4z3P CvpeZ+A8ZLw3T6HDpoBY= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1223 Lines: 30 On Wednesday 26 June 2013, Grant Likely wrote: > > index 0000000..5c48271 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/arm/uefi.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ > > +The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document. > > + > > +The implementation depends on receiving pointers to the UEFI memory map > > +and System Table in a Flattened Device Tree - so is only available with > > +CONFIG_OF. > > + > > +It (early) parses the FDT for the following parameters: > > Need to state which node these properties can be found in. I recommend /chosen > > I would also prefix all of the following properties with "linux," > since they are very much about what the Linux kernel needs for > booting. EFI stub will be creating these properties specifically for > Linux, and the LinuxLoader should do the same (until we eventually > kill it). Why not make it a separate /efi node instead, mirroring what we have for hypervisor specific information and things like rtas? Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/