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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:55:44 -0600
> ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>
>> I don't think there is a compelling case for us to use any efi
>> services at this time
>
> I would almost agree with this if it wasn't for the 1 call that OS
> installers need to tell EFI about bootloader stuff; I've cc'd Peter
> Jones since he'll know better what OS installers need; if they don't
> need it after all...
>

Well, the original motivation for all of this was to enable
implementation of a EFI framebuffer (UGA/GOP). Now, you can say what
you want about EFI (and I definitely have my opinion on it), but that
seems legitimate to me.

-hpa
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