Re: [PATCH v7 22/22] x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Aug 02 2023 - 06:32:32 EST
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:09:16AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The bare metal decompressor code was never really intended to run in a
> hosted environment such as the EFI boot services, and does a few things
> that are problematic in the context of EFI boot now that the logo
> requirements are getting tighter.
Please spend a sentence or two explaining those. After some time has
passed, no one will remember what that tightening of the requirements
was.
So yeah, other than those minor nitpicks, I like the thing, all in all.
Pls send v8 so that I can run it here on my machines. A git branch would
be cool too.
As to merging this, I presume you want it to go through tip?
Thx.
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Boris.
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