Re: [PATCH] Revert "x86, efi: Calling __pa() with an ioremap()edaddress is invalid"

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Dec 12 2011 - 12:10:13 EST


On 12/12/2011 02:01 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
>
> At this late -rc stage I agree it makes sense to revert this. The
> CONFIG_X86_32 oops that the patch fixes has been around for years and no
> one seems to have encountered it (until now), whereas this new
> regression is likely to affect many more users.
>

Agreed on both accounts.

For the revert:

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

... or we can push it in the next x86/urgent batch.

However, still want to chase the root cause down.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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