Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
> <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 28 February 2017 at 12:29, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Feb, at 01:20:25PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> As I said before, I'd be ok with it if we select it compile time,
>> i.e., no runtime logic that infers whether we are running on such a
>> system or not, and no carrying both implementations in all kernels
>> that have capsule loading built in.
>
> Actually it most likely that Quark kernel (kernel compiled to be run
> on Quark) will be ever used on the rest of (modern) x86 since it's
> 486+ architecture (kernel has specific option for it, 586TSC).

+ it's UP only!

> So, we might just be dependent or chosen by Quark.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko