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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add efi_early_call() macro
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar, at 03:40:30PM, Roy Franz wrote:
>> Add the efi_early_call() macro to invoke functions in the efi_early
>> structure. Using a macro for these invocations allows the arm32/arm64
>> architectures to define the macro differently so that they can directly
>> invoke the boot services functions that are exposed in the efi_early
>> structure on x86. Prior to the introduction of the efi_early structure
>> the efi_call_physN macros were used on all architectures and allowed
>> for this differentiation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 5 +++++
>> drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
>> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> Confused.
>
> Why have you rewritten the patch that I sent Satuday morning?
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/22/61
>
> I don't think your version goes far enough because you've left all the
> efi_early->call() stuff in eboot.c. So now there's two ways to invoke
> EFI functions in the x86 boot stub.
>
> What's wrong with the patch that I sent?
>
> --
> Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

Hi Matt,

Sorry for the confusion - your patch is fine. I had somehow not noticed
it on your reply.

Roy


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