On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 03:13:37PM +, David Rusling wrote:
> I'll attempt not to add noise into an otherwise detailed and technical
> discussion, but I like to go back to first principles:
>
> [1] Does Peter's suggested mechanism extend the use model that exists
> between a kernel and UEFI?
>
I'll attempt not to add noise into an otherwise detailed and technical
discussion, but I like to go back to first principles:
[1] Does Peter's suggested mechanism extend the use model that exists
between a kernel and UEFI?
If so, I would suggest that that is dangerous ground. As a side note, is
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 04:07:34PM +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > + In related news, I'm considering proposing a "SetVariable on Disk"
> > > analogous
> > > + to the current Capsule on Disk [UEFI]_ 8.5.5.
> > > + That would allow the OS to write a standard format variable update
> > >
Hi Peter,
Comments below...
On 25/09/2018 16:43, Peter Jones wrote:
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 03:54:03PM +0200, Grant Likely wrote:
After face to face meeting at Linaro Connect YVR18, the decision was
made to keep variable services very simple. Either fully provide
SetVariable/GetVariable
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 03:54:03PM +0200, Grant Likely wrote:
> After face to face meeting at Linaro Connect YVR18, the decision was
> made to keep variable services very simple. Either fully provide
> SetVariable/GetVariable during runtime services, or don't provide them
> at all.
>
> This is an
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> To: boot-architecture@lists.linaro.org; arm.ebbr-disc...@arm.com
> Cc: Grant Likely ; Peter Jones
> ; n...@arm.com
> Subject: [Arm.ebbr-discuss] [PATCH 7/7] Don't provide SetVariable() if
> GetVariable() doesn't work
>
> After face to face meeting at Linaro Connect YVR18
After face to face meeting at Linaro Connect YVR18, the decision was
made to keep variable services very simple. Either fully provide
SetVariable/GetVariable during runtime services, or don't provide them
at all.
This is an RFC patch. In the process of writing it, and after looking at
the ECR
