Re: [PATCH V2 1/4] EFI: Stash ROMs if they're not in the PCI BAR

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 31 2012 - 18:32:39 EST


On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:52:11PM -0400, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> EFI provides support for providing PCI ROMs via means other than the ROM
> BAR. This support vanishes after we've exited boot services, so add support
> for stashing copies of the ROMs in setup_data if they're not otherwise
> available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/pci.h | 12 ++++
> include/linux/efi.h | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 202 insertions(+)

With this series, does the latest MacBook work properly for the Intel
graphics driver? Or is this to resolve some other hardware issue?

thanks,

greg k-h
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