Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758552AbZFWHYX (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:24:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753003AbZFWHYQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:24:16 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:48466 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751682AbZFWHYP (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:24:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:23:51 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Len Brown , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner Cc: sfi-devel@simplefirmware.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Len Brown , Feng Tang Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] SFI: Simple Firmware Interface - new Linux sub-system Message-ID: <20090623072351.GA6397@elte.hu> References: <1245741246-6503-1-git-send-email-lenb@kernel.org> <7425334c8329b15bec7cb4ecd0b17af042e97465.1245740912.git.len.brown@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7425334c8329b15bec7cb4ecd0b17af042e97465.1245740912.git.len.brown@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1221 Lines: 33 * Len Brown wrote: > From: Len Brown > > CONFIG_SFI=y enables the kernel to boot and run optimally > on platforms that support the Simple Firmware Interface. > > Thanks to Jacob Pan for prototyping the initial Linux SFI support, > and to Feng Tang for Linux bring-up and debug in emulation > and on hardware. > > See http://simplefirmware.org for more information on SFI. > > Signed-off-by: Feng Tang > Signed-off-by: Len Brown > --- > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ > MAINTAINERS | 12 ++++++++++++ > arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 ++ > drivers/sfi/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/sfi/Kconfig Looks useful but this series needs review and acked-by from the x86 maintainers, obviously. It touches a lot of x86 details. Ingo -- 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/