Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | | Date | Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:37:40 -0800 | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86, efi: Calling __pa() with an ioremap()ed address is invalid" |
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:29 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > > Machines with EFI only do.
Yeah, and they exist, but should basically be considered broken.
EFi without BIOS emulation is such a crazy idiotic crock that it's not even funny. It's pure and utter shite.
EFI as a "extended BIOS rewritten in C" is not bad.
EFI as a "new world order" is totally idiotic and crazy, and only morons ever believed it was a good idea.
Sadly that "pure EFI" thing still exists. Some of the early EFI proponents really wanted it, and it's still an option for some unfathomable reason. The world would be a better place without it.
Linus
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