Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 May 2007 13:15:57 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.21 1/3] x86_64: EFI64 support |
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On Thu, 03 May 2007 12:20:30 -0700 chandramouli narayanan wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote: > > Can you share EFI code as much as possible among ia64, i386, > > and x86_64 instead of duplicating it? > Hi Randy, > > Based on the feedback from Andi and you, these are the areas: > > 1. conversion of EFI memory map to e820 map > 2. Consolidation/sharing of efi code among the architectures. > 3. Coding style violations/typos/clarity in comments. > > First I apologize for the coding style violations where I should have > done better. I will fix these in the next patch. > > I would like to address the above in stages with patch updates. This > will take me some time with the fixes and testing. > > A while back, Edgar Hucek submitted a patch (probably 2.6.18 mm tree?) > for efi to e820 memory mapping for i386.I don't see this code in the > 2.6.21 release which makes me wonder whether it was accepted and the > history behind it. Any pointers in this regard?
I guess that Edgar stopped pushing it. Sometimes persistence is required.
Linus said that the patch "looks fine per se", http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115380564326171&w=2 but needs more testers.
Presumably you have done more testing. :)
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