Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Aug 2015 18:30:00 +0100 | From | Leif Lindholm <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug command line parameter |
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 06:24:55PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote: > On Wed, 26 Aug, at 02:24:57PM, Leif Lindholm wrote: > > Now that we have an efi=debug command line option in the core code, use > > this instead of the arm64-specific uefi_debug option. > > > > Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org> > > --- > > Documentation/arm/uefi.txt | 2 -- > > arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 19 +++++-------------- > > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > Are there no concerns with backwards-compatibility here? I expected > this patch to internally convert uefi_debug to efi=debug if old boot > loaders, kernel config, etc specify it. > > Is that something that can be safely ignored?
Since it is purely a debug feature, I opted to just drop it. I don't have strong feelings, and it could certainly be kept as an arm64-only alias (but setting the EFI_DBG flag) if others disagree.
/ Leif
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