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efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text
authorGeert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:54:29 +0000 (15:54 +0200)
committerArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:02:04 +0000 (19:02 +0200)
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@glider.be>
Reviewed-by: Richard Lyu <richard.lyu@suse.com>
Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig

index d528c94c5859b5fa497ab2c748036349394b7b8a..29e0729299f5bd92e29c5d95248480c99ae74c2e 100644 (file)
@@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ config OVMF_DEBUG_LOG
        bool "Expose OVMF firmware debug log via sysfs"
        depends on EFI
        help
-         Recent OVMF versions (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).
+         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).
 
 config UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
        bool