Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/11] efi: Add separate 32-bit/64-bit definitions

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 04:23:51PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The traditional approach of using machine-specific types such as
> 'unsigned long' does not allow the kernel to interact with firmware
> running in a different CPU mode, e.g. 64-bit kernel with 32-bit EFI.
> 
> Add distinct EFI structure definitions for both 32-bit and 64-bit so
> that we can use them in the 32-bit and 64-bit code paths.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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    Boris.

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