Re: [PATCH] efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text
From: Gerd Hoffmann
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 04:04:07 EST
On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 03:54:29PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> People not very intimate with EFI may not know the meaning of the OVMF
> acronym. Write it in full, to help users with making good decisions
> when configuring their kernels.
>
> Fixes: f393a761763c5427 ("efi: add ovmf debug log driver")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> + Recent versions of the Open Virtual Machine Firmware
> + (edk2-stable202508 + newer) can write their debug log to a memory
> + buffer. This driver exposes the log content via sysfs
> + (/sys/firmware/efi/ovmf_debug_log).
Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>