On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 6:36 PM Neal Gompa <ngomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 6:35 AM Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > On 10/31/23 23:27, Jeremy Linton wrote: > > > On 10/31/23 12:37, Neal Gompa via groups.io wrote: > > >> From: Neal Gompa <ngo...@fedoraproject.org> > > >> > > >> Currently, the ReadyToBoot event is only signaled when a formal Boot > > >> Manager option is executed (in BmBoot.c -> EfiBootManagerBoot ()). > > >> > > >> However, the introduction of Platform Recovery in UEFI 2.5 makes it > > >> necessary to signal ReadyToBoot when a Platform Recovery boot loader > > >> runs because otherwise it may lead to the execution of a boot loader > > >> that has similar requirements to a regular one that is not launched > > >> as a Boot Manager option. > > >> > > >> This is especially critical to ensuring that the graphical console > > >> is actually usable during platform recovery, as some platforms do > > >> rely on the ConsolePrefDxe driver, which only performs console > > >> initialization after ReadyToBoot is triggered. > > >> > > >> This patch fixes that behavior by calling EfiSignalEventReadyToBoot () > > >> in EfiBootManagerProcessLoadOption () when invoking platform recovery, > > >> which is the function that sets up the platform recovery boot process. > > >> > > >> The expected behavior has been clarified in the UEFI 2.10 specification > > >> to explicitly indicate this behavior is required for correct operation. > > >> > > >> This is a rebased version of the patch originally written by Pete Batard. > > > > > > Took me a bit to swap in that whole conversation again, and recheck the > > > spec's and code paths, but this all looks fine to me and should allow > > > the PFTF build to drop the similar patch from Pete that has been carried > > > downstream for the past couple years. > > > > > > As for testing the previous patch has been in the field for a couple > > > years now and i'm not aware of it causing any issues. The additional > > > restriction of limiting it to platform recovery logically makes sense, > > > and as far as I can see shouldn't cause any problems. > > > > > > So, > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.lin...@arm.com> > > > > > > > > > As a PS: I also went to check the ready to boot behavior for OsRecovery > > > and realized that apparently none of that support was ever merged? > > > > What else is there, outside of this patch, in need of upstreaming? > > > > > That seems a bit of an oversight since its been in the spec for a few > > > years now. > > > > "ready-to-boot for OsRecovery" is new in UEFI 2.10 (according to the > > commit message), which is quite recent ("Aug 29, 2022"). > > > > I couldn't find the Mantis ticket in the Revision History (for 2.10) though. > > > > Is there anything else holding up committing this patch? Jeremy and > you reviewed it earlier in the month... >
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