Hi Narendra,
On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 8:01 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 01:20:46PM +0000, Limonciello, Mario wrote:
> [...]
> > > > > > > +config EFI_RCI2_TABLE
> > > > > > > + bool "EFI Runtime Configuration Interface Table Version 2
> > > > > > > Support"
> > > > > > > + help
> > > > > > > + Displays the content of the Runtime Configuration
> > > > > > > Interface
> > > > > > > + Table version 2 on Dell EMC PowerEdge systems as a
> > > > > > > binary
> > > > > > > + attribute 'rci2' under /sys/firmware/efi/tables
> > > > > > > directory.
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + RCI2 table contains BIOS HII in XML format and is used
> > > > > > > to populate
> > > > > > > + BIOS setup page in Dell EMC OpenManage Server
> > > > > > > Administrator tool.
> > > > > > > + The BIOS setup page contains BIOS tokens which can be
> > > > > > > configured.
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + Say Y here for Dell EMC PowerEdge systems.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A quick Google search tells me these are Intel Xeon.
> > > > > > Are arm/arm64/ia64 variants available, too?
> > > > > > If not, this should be protected by "depends on x86" ("||
> > > > > > COMPILE_TEST"?).
> > > > >
> > > > > The code in question is entirely architecture agnostic, and defaults
> > > > > to 'n', so I am not convinced this is needed. (It came up in the
> > > > > review as well)
> > > >
> > > > "make oldconfig" still asks me the question on e.g. arm64, where it is
> > > > irrelevant, until arm64 variants of the hardware show up.
> > > >
> > > > So IMHO it should have "depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST".
> > > >
> > >
> > > Fair enough. I am going to send out a bunch of EFI fixes this week, so
> > > I'll accept a patch that makes the change above.
> >
> > Is it really a problem to just say n?
> >
> > I think this seems like a needless change that would slow down adoption of
> > !x86 if Dell EMC PowerEdge systems did start going that route, especially
> > when it comes to distributions that move glacially slow with picking up new
> > kernel code.
>
> Hi Ard/Geert,
>
> Any additional thoughts here ?
Sure ;-)
A typical platform-specific sarm/arm64 .config file has almost 3000
config options
disabled. Hence that means I have to say "n" almost 3000 times.
Fortunately I started doing this several years ago, so I can do this
incrementally ;-)
Perhaps someone should try to remove all lines like "depends on ... ||
COMPILE_TEST", run "make oldconfig", read all help texts before saying "n",
and time the whole operation...
I hope I managed to convince you of the benefits.
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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