Merge branch 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

gregkh · gregkh · commit ea092676b0d9 · 2018-09-23T08:06:54.000+02:00
Thomas writes:
  "Make the EFI arm stub device tree loader default on to unbreak
  existing EFI boot loaders which do not have DTB support."

* 'efi-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  efi/libstub/arm: default EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to y
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -90,14 +90,17 @@ config EFI_ARMSTUB
 config EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER
 	bool "Enable the DTB loader"
 	depends on EFI_ARMSTUB
+	default y
 	help
 	  Select this config option to add support for the dtb= command
 	  line parameter, allowing a device tree blob to be loaded into
 	  memory from the EFI System Partition by the stub.
 
-	  The device tree is typically provided by the platform or by
-	  the bootloader, so this option is mostly for development
-	  purposes only.
+	  If the device tree is provided by the platform or by
+	  the bootloader this option may not be needed.
+	  But, for various development reasons and to maintain existing
+	  functionality for bootloaders that do not have such support
+	  this option is necessary.
 
 config EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL
 	tristate "EFI Bootloader Control"
