Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-04-07 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 4/7/20 9:27 AM, Wang, Jian J via groups.io wrote: Ard, My apologies. I was indeed working desperately to catch some deadlines recently. I agree to remove the properties table. For the whole series, Reviewed-by: Jian J Wang Thanks all. Merged into edk2/master. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- G

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-04-07 Thread Wang, Jian J
> To: Bi, Dandan ; Wang, Jian J ; > Wu, Hao A > Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io; Laszlo Ersek ; Leif Lindholm > ; Kinney, Michael D ; Ni, Ray > ; Yao, Jiewen ; Bret Barkelew > > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties > table > > On Fri,

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-04-06 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 04:22, Bi, Dandan wrote: > > For the functionality, it is the same with before for platforms which set > PcdPropertiesTableEnable to false by default. > Reviewed-by: Dandan Bi for patch [PATCH 2/4] [PATCH > 3/4] [PATCH 4/4]. > > > If anyone still has the use case of enabli

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-04-02 Thread Dandan Bi
y ; Yao, Jiewen > ; Bret Barkelew > Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table > > The EFI properties table is broken by design, deprecated, and seems to be > causing confusion as it is unclear to some how it differs from the memory > attributes tab

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-04-01 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
> > -Original Message- > > > From: devel@edk2.groups.io On Behalf Of Yao, Jiewen > > > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:01 PM > > > To: Ard Biesheuvel ; devel@edk2.groups.io > > > Cc: Laszlo Ersek ; Leif Lindholm ; > > > Kinney, Michael D ; Ni, R

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-03-30 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io On Behalf Of Yao, Jiewen > > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:01 PM > > To: Ard Biesheuvel ; devel@edk2.groups.io > > Cc: Laszlo Ersek ; Leif Lindholm ; > > Kinney, Michael D ; Ni, Ray > > ; Bret Barkelew > > Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-03-30 Thread Liming Gao
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties > table > > Acked-by: Jiewen Yao > > I cannot remember if there is windows OS still using the properties table. > Maybe Microsoft people can comment. > > If no, I agree we can remove

Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-03-26 Thread Yao, Jiewen
Acked-by: Jiewen Yao I cannot remember if there is windows OS still using the properties table. Maybe Microsoft people can comment. If no, I agree we can remove the old code. > -Original Message- > From: Ard Biesheuvel > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:25 PM > To: devel@edk2.groups.

[edk2-devel] [PATCH 0/4] remove generation of EFI properties table

2020-03-26 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
The EFI properties table is broken by design, deprecated, and seems to be causing confusion as it is unclear to some how it differs from the memory attributes table (which supersedes it). So let's get rid of the code that generates it entirely, along with the GUID definitions, PCDs etc. Due to how