Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.kernel > #1214070

Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug command line parameter

Show all headers | View raw

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
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

[PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug command line parameter Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org> - 2015-08-26 15:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug  command line parameter Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2015-08-26 19:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug  command line parameter Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org> - 2015-08-26 19:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug  command line parameter Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2015-08-26 20:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] arm64: use core efi=debug instead of uefi_debug  command line parameter Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2015-08-28 15:40 +0200

csiph-web