From: Richard Hughes <hughsient@gmail.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Hans-Gert Dahmen <hans-gert.dahmen@immu.ne>,
Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
Mauro Lima <mauro.lima@eclypsium.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Philipp Deppenwiese <philipp.deppenwiese@immu.ne>,
"platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org"
<platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: export x86_64 platform flash bios region via sysfs
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:07:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD2FfiH9OcKyUo6xjTfSENrEKF=4kZiGU4rT0FriK6KgKYSzyw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75VckB0RA6zoLRQ2UOcQRgMEf6sNxDGfpsNVr+92eArhD=Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 15:50, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking about SHA256 hashes or so (as they tell about
> binaries). In any case the interface for this seems to be in the
> kernel.
I'm quite sure you don't want to put those EFI format decoders in the
kernel; there is all kinds of weird compression schemes, volumes are
recursive, and vendors like to hide weird things in the undocumented
(or reserved) areas.
Richard.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-11 21:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-09 0:01 [PATCH] firmware: export x86_64 platform flash bios region via sysfs Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-09 6:16 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 8:52 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-09 8:56 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-09 10:28 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 12:32 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-09 12:42 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 14:09 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-09 14:11 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-09 14:10 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
[not found] ` <CAHp75VfbYsyC=7Ncnex1f_jiwrZhExDF7iy4oSGZgS1cHmsN0Q@mail.gmail.com>
2021-11-10 8:37 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-10 9:04 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-10 9:17 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-10 9:25 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-10 10:00 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-10 13:13 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-10 16:31 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-10 17:37 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-11 6:42 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 8:59 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 10:32 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 10:55 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 11:43 ` Greg KH
2021-11-11 11:46 ` Richard Hughes
2021-11-11 12:46 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 12:56 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 13:54 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 14:33 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 15:30 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 15:43 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-11-11 15:49 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 16:05 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 21:07 ` Richard Hughes [this message]
2021-11-12 6:52 ` Greg KH
2021-11-12 10:09 ` Richard Hughes
2021-11-12 10:43 ` Greg KH
2021-11-12 12:25 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 16:07 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 16:44 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 16:55 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 17:48 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-11-11 18:14 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 19:14 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-11-11 20:50 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 13:00 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 13:22 ` Richard Hughes
2021-11-11 13:34 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 13:36 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-11 14:42 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-11 15:06 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 15:16 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-11-12 6:59 ` Mika Westerberg
2021-11-11 15:31 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-11 11:50 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-10 17:41 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
[not found] ` <E1CBFD23-AC3B-43BF-BF0A-158844486BA9@getmailspring.com>
2021-11-09 10:24 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 10:30 ` Philipp Deppenwiese
2021-11-09 11:25 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 13:55 ` Mauro Lima
2021-11-09 16:12 ` Greg KH
2021-11-09 17:23 ` Mauro Lima
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-06-22 14:23 Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-06-22 20:02 ` Greg KH
2021-06-25 13:54 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-06-22 22:18 ` David Laight
2021-06-23 12:17 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-06-23 12:40 ` gregkh
2021-06-24 11:20 ` Hans-Gert Dahmen
2021-06-24 11:42 ` gregkh
2021-06-23 13:22 ` David Laight
2021-06-18 16:47 Hans-Gert Dahmen
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