Re: [REGRESSION] EFI mixed mode patch triggers boot failure

From: Laura Abbott <labbott-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Jiri Kosina <jikos-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming
	<matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>,
	"x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org"
	<x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Justin Forbes <jforbes-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel
	<ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] EFI mixed mode patch triggers boot failure
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 09:35:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1208352f-ab6a-4489-d6b1-2f3e537f5e60@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1701301409270.25515-YHPUNQjx9ReKbouaWp301Q@public.gmane.org>

On 01/30/2017 05:10 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2017, Laura Abbott wrote:
> 
>>>> Was out for a few days, reporter says the below patch does not work.
>>>> There was some confusion with secure boot so I've asked them to re-test
>>>> with efi=old_map and secure boot off.
>>>
>>> FYI, you may want to ask the reporter to try out Jiri's patch if this
>>> is still an issue for them,
>>>
>>>   https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.20.1701271638240.25515-YHPUNQjx9ReKbouaWp301Q@public.gmane.org
>>>
>>
>> Thanks! I pulled this into the latest Fedora update so I'll be asking
>> a couple of people to test.
> 
> BTW where exactly is this tracked for Fedora, please? I'd like to get an 
> idea how widespread this behavior is among different BIOS vendors.
> 
> I've found
> 
> 	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384238
> 
> is that the primary tracking bug on your side?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

That's the main one where debugging was happening. There may be a couple
of others floating around that I hadn't had time to fully investigate.
I'll dupe them to the above if I find them.

Thanks,
Laura