Re: [PATCH v6 1/8] efi: Pass KHO state to the next kernel in a configuration table

[Huacai Chen]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM George Guo <dongtai.guo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard, Pratyush,
>
> On Thu, Oct 29 2026, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > Can we handle this as an arch table then, and handle everything in
> > the LoongArch arch code?
>
> Ard, LoongArch is currently the only user, so I understand the suggestion
> to keep the handling in the architecture code.
>
> My preference is to keep the table definition and handling common, given
> the potential for x86 to use it as Pratyush described in his reply, to
> replace setup_data once x86 gains EFI support. The table contains no
> LoongArch-specific fields, and only the LoongArch stub installs it. On
> systems without the table, the common code does nothing.
>
> Would that be acceptable, or would you prefer to keep the handling in
> LoongArch until a second architecture adopts it?
I prefer to keep it in LoongArch until a second architecture, and I
think Ard is the same. But this is not a strong objection to Pratyush.

Huacai

>
> Thanks,
> George