> > "UEI" is Celtic for "We missed DOS so we burned it into your ROMS" > > I love it "maith an fear" > >> There are currently only two situations where we need to map EFI Boot >> Service regions, >> >> 1. To workaround the firmware bug described in 916f676f8 >> 2. To access the ACPI BGRT image >> >> but since we haven't seen an i386 implementation that requires either, >> this simple fix should suffice for now. Item 2. above does still work on >> i386 provided that the BGRT image is not in highmem. > > Matt, Peter, Josh, Darren. > > Given it's not possible to guarantee someone won't stuff a BGRT into > EFI_BOOT_MEMORY >= highmem eventually (and indeed the axioms of the > universe pretty much guarantee eventually it will be so) - I'd suggest > version 2. > Quite frankly, it is quite likely. > A kernel parameter - rather than a probe for BGRT - since we anticipate > BIOS bugs on the way. Pardon? Kernel parameter for what? -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
