Hi I am not clear why you think EDKII S3 support requires SMM. Per current design EDKII S3 support only requires lockbox, because boot script will be saved there.
SMM is just one possible implementation for lockbox. If OVMF has another way to create lockbox, it does not need SMM. Thank you Yao Jiewen -----Original Message----- From: Jordan Justen [mailto:jljus...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 2:38 PM To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] [RFC 00/15] S3 suspend/resume for OVMF (WIP) On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 12/02/13 22:42, Jordan Justen wrote: >> Mike, >> >> Do you think it would be better for OVMF to add EMU SMM modules, or >> to fix the core S3 modules to not require SMM? > > Yes, that's the crucial question. My approach was to use whatever's > in-tree and provide shims for the missing protocols etc. > > FWIW I agree with Eugene too -- the ~40 hours I've spent on this since > Friday evening tell me (maybe incorrectly) that "fixing" the S3 > modules not to require SMM looks rather like "rearchitecting" them. I'm sure you've spent considerably more time on this now. Are you still convinced that a 'fake' SMM is the best way to go? The 'fake' SMM support you've developed for OVMF certainly doesn't seem trivial. It also seems likely to add confusion for anyone trying to understand the code. I guess I'm just frustrated that EDK II's S3 support would require those SMM interfaces. I can see taking advantage of SMM when it is available... -Jordan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
