On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 17:55, Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On 03/25/20 06:17, Ni, Ray wrote: > >> > >> The properties table should not be used. It has been superseded by the > >> memory attributes table, per spec. > >> > >> In edk2, the properties table is controlled by the PCD, regardless of the > >> memory attributes table. > >> > >> In edk2, the memory attributes table is always produced, regardless of the > >> properties table. > >> > >> Please see the discussion under: > >> > >> [edk2] [patch 0/7] Add UEFI2.6 MemoryAttributesTable support. > >> http://mid.mail-archive.com/1454069539-4056-1-git-send-email-jiewen.yao@intel.com > >> > > ... > > > Do you think we could remove properties table? > > Yes, that's exactly what Ard requested, as soon as Jiewen posted the MAT > series. Back then, Jiewen said that some production OSes were still > using the properties table, and would need time to migrate to MAT. > > The agreement -- four years ago! -- seemed to be that the UEFI spec > should drop the properties table definition in some time, and then edk2 > could remove the reference implementation too. > > See the attached discussion. > > Given that the properties table had been deprecated in the UEFI spec > even in Feb 2016, I think it's now high time to remove it altogether > (both spec and edk2). > > > The existence of both is confusing. > > Yes, very much. >
Agreed. We should at least log this as a task, and if anyone has the bandwidth to do the work, plan it for the next stable tag. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#56330): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/56330 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/72020387/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
