Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:23:16 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@sgi.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Hedi Berriche <hedi@sgi.com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Remove EFI memmap quirk for UV
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 09:00:47AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> We should at least check the BIOS version via a DMI quirk and panic in some nicely 
> informative 'upgrade your BIOS!' way to ease the transition ...

Or since we're touching BIOS anyway, maybe stick a bit somewhere which
says "EFI is fixed/quirk not needed anymore" when set and software can
check that bit instead of checking BIOS versions...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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