Re: [grub PATCH] efinet: disable MNP background polling

[HATAYAMA Daisuke]

Sorry for delayed response.

From: Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [grub PATCH] efinet: disable MNP background polling
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:53:44 +0300

> 01.10.2015 14:50, Laszlo Ersek пишет:
>> - assuming it is "ethernet packet", look for MNPSB first, and if it's
>>    there, call it to get a private-use MNP instance, in order to transmit
>>    and receive,
>> - if MNPSB is not there, open SNP in exclusive mode, same as now.
>>
>> Or else,
>> - stick with the current exclusive SNP reopen, but make sure that all
>>    aspects are reconfigured from the ground up.
>>
> 
> I completely agree; the tiny insignificant missing piece here is
> actual code :) Of course it also means new can of worms and new
> unknown firmware bugs ...
> 
> Hatayama-san, would you consider implementing MNP-based driver for
> GRUB? Having at least proof of concept available for testing would be
> good.
>

Yes, I think now MNP-based implementaion is necessary. I'll try that
but I need some time to investigate the implementation. Please wait.

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Thanks.
HATAYAMA, Daisuke