linux/Documentation/x86
Linus Torvalds 24b5e20f11 Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull EFI updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes are:

   - Use separate EFI page tables when executing EFI firmware code.
     This isolates the EFI context from the rest of the kernel, which
     has security and general robustness advantages.  (Matt Fleming)

   - Run regular UEFI firmware with interrupts enabled.  This is already
     the status quo under other OSs.  (Ard Biesheuvel)

   - Various x86 EFI enhancements, such as the use of non-executable
     attributes for EFI memory mappings.  (Sai Praneeth Prakhya)

   - Various arm64 UEFI enhancements.  (Ard Biesheuvel)

   - ... various fixes and cleanups.

  The separate EFI page tables feature got delayed twice already,
  because it's an intrusive change and we didn't feel confident about
  it - third time's the charm we hope!"

* 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (37 commits)
  x86/mm/pat: Fix boot crash when 1GB pages are not supported by the CPU
  x86/efi: Only map kernel text for EFI mixed mode
  x86/efi: Map EFI_MEMORY_{XP,RO} memory region bits to EFI page tables
  x86/mm/pat: Don't implicitly allow _PAGE_RW in kernel_map_pages_in_pgd()
  efi/arm*: Perform hardware compatibility check
  efi/arm64: Check for h/w support before booting a >4 KB granular kernel
  efi/arm: Check for LPAE support before booting a LPAE kernel
  efi/arm-init: Use read-only early mappings
  efi/efistub: Prevent __init annotations from being used
  arm64/vmlinux.lds.S: Handle .init.rodata.xxx and .init.bss sections
  efi/arm64: Drop __init annotation from handle_kernel_image()
  x86/mm/pat: Use _PAGE_GLOBAL bit for EFI page table mappings
  efi/runtime-wrappers: Run UEFI Runtime Services with interrupts enabled
  efi: Reformat GUID tables to follow the format in UEFI spec
  efi: Add Persistent Memory type name
  efi: Add NV memory attribute
  x86/efi: Show actual ending addresses in efi_print_memmap
  x86/efi/bgrt: Don't ignore the BGRT if the 'valid' bit is 0
  efivars: Use to_efivar_entry
  efi: Runtime-wrapper: Get rid of the rtc_lock spinlock
  ...
2016-03-20 18:58:18 -07:00
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i386 doc: spelling error changes 2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
x86_64 Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-20 18:58:18 -07:00
00-INDEX Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
boot.txt Merge branch 'x86/boot' into x86/urgent 2015-06-30 07:57:04 +02:00
early-microcode.txt x86/microcode: Document builtin microcode loading method 2016-02-09 11:41:19 +01:00
earlyprintk.txt doc: spelling error changes 2014-05-05 15:32:05 +02:00
entry_64.txt x86/asm/entry/64: Update path names 2015-07-02 11:08:50 +02:00
exception-tables.txt x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to allow new handling options 2016-02-18 09:21:46 +01:00
intel_mpx.txt x86, mpx: Give MPX a real config option prompt 2014-12-15 15:58:57 +01:00
kernel-stacks Documentation/x86: Rename IRQSTACKSIZE to IRQ_STACK_SIZE 2015-08-24 11:42:41 -06:00
mtrr.txt x86/mm/mtrr: Remove kernel internal MTRR interfaces: unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del() 2015-08-28 10:09:28 +02:00
pat.txt x86/mm/pat: Add set_memory_wt() for Write-Through type 2015-06-07 15:29:00 +02:00
tlb.txt x86/doc: Fix the 'tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling' sysconfig path 2014-08-10 09:09:26 +02:00
usb-legacy-support.txt x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from Doc/x86/i386 2008-07-22 15:34:38 -04:00
zero-page.txt x86/boot: Obsolete the MCA sys_desc_table 2015-07-21 10:55:11 +02:00