From: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
To: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
Linux ARM Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:44:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOesGMhjcJ1p3QcEYb9fsx3fMXAOsgR2njOq=VKgEbWGwJi36g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1535563287-24803-1-git-send-email-scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden
<scott.branden@broadcom.com> wrote:
> Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line
> parameter to function with efi loader.
>
> Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetree
> provided by the platform or by the bootloader.
>
> Fixes: 3d7ee348aa41 ("efi/libstub/arm: Add opt-in Kconfig option for the DTB loader")
> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Why did Ard create an option for this if it's just going be turned on
in default configs? Doesn't make sense to me.
It would help to know what firmware still is crippled and how common
it is, since it's been a few years that this has been a requirement by
now.
-Olof
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: olof@lixom.net (Olof Johansson)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:44:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOesGMhjcJ1p3QcEYb9fsx3fMXAOsgR2njOq=VKgEbWGwJi36g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1535563287-24803-1-git-send-email-scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden
<scott.branden@broadcom.com> wrote:
> Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line
> parameter to function with efi loader.
>
> Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetree
> provided by the platform or by the bootloader.
>
> Fixes: 3d7ee348aa41 ("efi/libstub/arm: Add opt-in Kconfig option for the DTB loader")
> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Why did Ard create an option for this if it's just going be turned on
in default configs? Doesn't make sense to me.
It would help to know what firmware still is crippled and how common
it is, since it's been a few years that this has been a requirement by
now.
-Olof
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-29 18:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-29 17:21 [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER Scott Branden
2018-08-29 17:21 ` Scott Branden
2018-08-29 18:44 ` Olof Johansson [this message]
2018-08-29 18:44 ` Olof Johansson
2018-08-29 18:59 ` Scott Branden
2018-08-29 18:59 ` Scott Branden
2018-08-30 5:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-30 5:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-30 15:06 ` Olof Johansson
2018-08-30 15:06 ` Olof Johansson
2018-08-30 16:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-30 16:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-08-31 21:28 ` Scott Branden
2018-08-31 21:28 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-02 2:54 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-02 2:54 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-04 6:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-04 6:23 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-04 10:13 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-04 10:13 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-04 17:19 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-04 17:19 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 9:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 9:40 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 17:27 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 17:27 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 18:00 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-05 18:00 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-05 18:04 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-05 18:04 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-09 11:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-09-09 11:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2018-09-09 15:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-09 15:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-04 17:28 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-04 17:28 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-05 9:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 9:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-05 19:09 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-05 19:09 ` Grant Likely
2018-09-10 17:53 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-10 17:53 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-10 18:01 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-10 18:01 ` Olof Johansson
2018-09-10 18:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-10 18:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-13 20:22 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-13 20:22 ` Scott Branden
2018-09-14 6:06 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-14 6:06 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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