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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 05/12] efi: export more efi table variable to sysfs
    On Tue, 26 Nov, at 01:57:50PM, Dave Young wrote:
    > Export fw_vendor, runtime and config tables physical
    > addresses to /sys/firmware/efi/systab becaue kexec
    > kernel will need them.

    This commit log needs updating.

    > From EFI spec these 3 variables will be updated to
    > virtual address after entering virtual mode. But
    > kernel startup code will need the physical address.
    >
    > changelog:
    > Greg: add standalone sysfs files instead of add lines to systab
    > Document them as testing ABI
    > Greg: use group attrs and is_visible
    > Boris: align comments lines
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
    > ---
    > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi | 26 ++++++++++++++++
    > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 4 +++
    > drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    > include/linux/efi.h | 3 ++
    > 4 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
    > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi
    >
    > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi
    > new file mode 100644
    > index 0000000..9252a24
    > --- /dev/null
    > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-efi
    > @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
    > +What: /sys/firmware/efi/fw_vendor
    > +Date: Nov 2013
    > +Contact: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.org>

    redhat.org eh? Typo or legit?

    > +Description:
    > + Shows the physical address of firmware vendor in the EFI
    > + system table.

    It shows the physical address of the firmware vendor "entry" or "field"
    in the EFI system table.

    > +Users:
    > + Kexec Mailing List <kexec@lists.infradead.org>

    The "Kexec mailing list" isn't a user, kexec is.

    --
    Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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