On 16.05.24 12:13, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> On Thu, 2024-05-16 at 12:00 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 16.05.24 11:52, 'Sjoerd Simons' via EFI Boot Guard wrote:
>>> This adds support for Tiger lake LP, Jasper lake, Alder lake
>>> (various
>>> variants), Raptor lake, Meteor lake (various variants) and Birch
>>> Stream devices using the relevant pci-ids and chip namings from the
>>> linux kernel.
>>>
>>> Tested on Dell Optiplex 7000 and Optiplex E4 with Alder Lake-S
>>> chipsets.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the contribution! Just one concern: As we are not using
>> the
>> exact same enabling logic in EBG compared to the kernel, I'm always a
>> bit reluctant to merge support for devices that were not tried in
>> real
>> life. So, we have 2 of the 10 additions actually tested, right? Can
>> you
>> explain why the other 8 are a "safe bet"? Or can we extend the on-
>> device
>> test coverage?
> 
> As they're all itco v6 watchdogs you'd hope it's a pretty safe bet,
> assuming the EBG code does reasonable things. The kernel for sure
> doesn't further differentiate between different instances/generations. 
> 
> I'm happy to limit the patch to just chipsets/generations we've tested
> on though if that's the preference. It just makes efibootguard a bit
> more cumbersome to adopt for new hardware
> 

Looking at the much simpler specifics of v6 iTCO again, I agree that
these extension are low risk.

Thanks, applied.

Jan

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