Re: [PATCH] efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text
From: Richard Lyu
Date: Mon Aug 18 2025 - 02:54:33 EST
On 2025/08/13 10:03, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2025 at 03:54:29PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > People not very intimate with EFI may not know the meaning of the OVMF
> > acronym. Write it in full, to help users with making good decisions
> > when configuring their kernels.
> >
> > Fixes: f393a761763c5427 ("efi: add ovmf debug log driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > + Recent versions of the Open Virtual Machine Firmware
> > + (edk2-stable202508 + newer) can write their debug log to a memory
> > + buffer. This driver exposes the log content via sysfs
> > + (/sys/firmware/efi/ovmf_debug_log).
>
> Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@xxxxxxxx>