From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
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James Bottomley <JBottomley-wo1vFcy6AUs@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/efi: Map EFI memmap entries in-order at runtime
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:54:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <560B32DC.2080704@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150928061646.GA21690-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On 09/27/2015 11:16 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> So the question is, what does Windows do?
>
> PC firmware is a hostile environment for Linux, to be compatible the best we can
> do is to mimic the environment that the firmware is tested under - i.e. try to use
> the firmware in the way Windows uses it.
>
Windows apparently went through the same exercise of breakage followed
by a fix. It is unknown if Windows will preserve gaps since those are
not manifest on existing firmware.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-30 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-25 22:02 [GIT PULL 0/2] EFI urgent fixes Matt Fleming
2015-09-25 22:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/efi: Map EFI memmap entries in-order at runtime Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1443218539-7610-2-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 5:56 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20150926055643.GA25877-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 6:44 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-09-26 17:01 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-09-26 17:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <E40EBF14-FD9E-49C0-A7FB-951958F72F79-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 18:15 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-09-26 19:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-09-26 19:57 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20150926195755.GC3144-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 20:09 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-09-26 20:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-09-27 16:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
[not found] ` <CALCETrUA6k-oHzuWA54VzEA1v63b5--JPCCuBoOxLisOtjUn+g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-27 18:06 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20150927180633.GA29466-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-28 6:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-28 6:41 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20150928064143.GA7380-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-29 21:58 ` Laszlo Ersek
2015-09-30 9:30 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu-enULj-OMRufB3OPSUVueM1843bD1CdFybaAS7xMUKgw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-30 16:43 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-09-30 17:24 ` James Bottomley
[not found] ` <20150928061646.GA21690-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-30 0:54 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2015-09-26 19:55 ` Matt Fleming
2015-09-27 6:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-26 13:43 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20150926134329.GA3144-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-27 7:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-28 6:49 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu8M2pmzfeA=NT4c44E6-PQvRKHZjEJt78mryGcp6bBD8w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-28 8:22 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20150928082245.GA28796-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-28 9:51 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-09-29 9:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-29 10:41 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu8GpaHRL8EZxJCs8dw8ngFVoYNP1Q=hqhZ=LOF+3vXPLw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-29 14:18 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20150929091230.GA2023-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-29 13:52 ` Matt Fleming
2015-09-25 22:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm64/efi: Don't pad between EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME regions Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <1443218539-7610-3-git-send-email-matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 6:01 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20150926060159.GB25877-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-26 7:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <CAKv+Gu_JRCmx5qKq7SDDq73BegVs3LKZwe+OdvTKb4YD_CURyw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-27 7:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-27 10:40 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-09-28 6:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-09-29 9:31 ` Dave Young
2015-09-29 10:24 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20150927104014.GA7631-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-29 14:36 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20150929143612.GC4401-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-30 0:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <560B3327.9020801-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-30 8:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-09-30 1:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2015-09-30 1:16 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-09-30 1:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <CALCETrVvwxZN95swaUDG2fkz9brWV3BQkfMDtLJXZkTRpe8nRg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-09-30 4:24 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-10-01 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
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