Am Mi., 13. Okt. 2021 um 20:51 Uhr schrieb Peter Stuge <pe...@stuge.se>:
> > Linux is expecting more and more to use EFI supplied interfaces (UEFI > > Boot Services in particular, even if many are stubbed out) so like it or > > not, we’re going to need to support these interfaces. > > LOL! > The fun part about this segment was that all we could go by was hear-say and unfounded rumors that went around. I attended that meeting but from what I've heard there, no such expectation might actually exist, and it might just have been a weird game of telephone. This is super embarrassing for Linux and Linux Foundation, but of > course also 100% to be expected. Linux plods along towards absolute > uselessness. > Remember that LF is a trade organization (501(c)(6)), not a charitable organization (501(c)(3)). This difference in target audience compared to most open source organizations informs their strategic decisions, and keeping that in mind minimizes surprises and heartburn. > * The coreboot repo will host an EDK2 fork for use as a coreboot payload. > I think the planned tighter integration is a significant first step > towards coreboot becoming UEFI. > This isn't about a "tighter" integration: we already have that payload, and we had Tianocore-as-a-payload integration since 2013 (commit cc5b3446624cf85e13a8130a524e81360c5f4239) It minimizes the time each individual, who for one reason or another works on edk2, needs to spend on edk2. OTOH I haven't found a better way to make developers fervent edk2 opponents than simply showing them the source, so there's that. > * Definitely no one-size fits all solution here > > The challenge is great. The coreboot community must be strong and > vigilant to not allow coreboot to get locked into EDK2/UEFI like has > already happened with vboot. The vboot case arguably hurts coreboot a > lot less, but unfortunately all incentives are wrong for quality! > I'm not sure why vboot makes this sudden appearance here. I don't expect this to go at all well for coreboot, but fingers crossed! > Want peanuts? Patrick -- Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado
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