Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758664Ab2JYK4Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:56:25 -0400 Received: from arkanian.console-pimps.org ([212.110.184.194]:51649 "EHLO arkanian.console-pimps.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756422Ab2JYK4X (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:56:23 -0400 Message-ID: <1351162563.5303.3.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86: efi: Turn off efi_enabled after setup on mixed fw/kernel From: Matt Fleming To: Olof Johansson Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, marko.kohtala@gmail.com, Matthew Garrett Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:56:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1351098044-4586-1-git-send-email-olof@lixom.net> References: <1351059878-28795-1-git-send-email-olof@lixom.net> <1351098044-4586-1-git-send-email-olof@lixom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4 (3.4.4-2.fc17) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 27 On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 10:00 -0700, Olof Johansson wrote: > When 32-bit EFI is used with 64-bit kernel (or vice versa), turn off > efi_enabled once setup is done. Beyond setup, it is normally used to > determine if runtime services are available and we will have none. > > This will resolve issues stemming from efivars modprobe panicking on a > 32/64-bit setup, as well as some reboot issues on similar setups. > > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45991 > > Reported-by: Marko Kohtala > Reported-by: Maxim Kammerer > Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson > Acked-by: Maarten Lankhorst > Cc: stable@kernel.org # 3.4 - 3.6 > Cc: Matthew Garrett Applied, thanks! -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- 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/