Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] efi: export efi runtime memory mapping to sysfs

From: Dave Young
Date: Sun Dec 01 2013 - 21:52:38 EST


On 11/29/13 at 11:59am, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov, at 12:50:29PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > I did not add KEXEC because I thought it can be used for debugging
> > > purpose.
> >
> > mfleming is thinking about it :)
>
> I finally finished my thought. The sysfs code should be automatically
> enabled only if CONFIG_KEXEC is enabled, and not on my default because
> it is a debug interface. While it's true that the code may be useful for
> debugging the memory mappings of EFI systems, it doesn't make sense to
> always turn it on just for CONFIG_X86 and CONFIG_EFI.

Ok, will enable it only for CONFIG_X86 and CONFIG_EFI and CONFIG_KEXEC

>
> --
> Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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