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efi: Explain OVMF acronym in OVMF_DEBUG_LOG help text 

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: f393a76176 ("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>
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Geert Uytterhoeven 2025-08-12 15:54:29 +02:00 committed by Ard Biesheuvel
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@ -267,9 +267,10 @@ config OVMF_DEBUG_LOG
bool "Expose OVMF firmware debug log via sysfs" bool "Expose OVMF firmware debug log via sysfs"
depends on EFI depends on EFI
help help
Recent OVMF versions (edk2-stable202508 + newer) can write Recent versions of the Open Virtual Machine Firmware
their debug log to a memory buffer. This driver exposes the (edk2-stable202508 + newer) can write their debug log to a memory
log content via sysfs (/sys/firmware/efi/ovmf_debug_log). buffer. This driver exposes the log content via sysfs
(/sys/firmware/efi/ovmf_debug_log).
config UNACCEPTED_MEMORY config UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
bool bool