Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-02-01 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 04:21:36PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:36:46PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:00:33PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:55:09PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > [...] > >

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:35:02PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 04:21:36PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:36:46PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: [...] > > > The firmware can be provided in qcow2 format too, so if really > > >

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 04:21:36PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:36:46PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:00:33PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:55:09PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > [...] > >

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:36:46PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:00:33PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:55:09PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: [...] > > I briefly wondered if in this "combined" mode whether the no. of > >

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:00:33PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:55:09PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > The current firmware descriptor schema for flash requires that both the > > executable to NVRAM template paths be provided. This is fine for the > > most

Re: [PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Kashyap Chamarthy
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:55:09PM +, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > The current firmware descriptor schema for flash requires that both the > executable to NVRAM template paths be provided. This is fine for the > most common usage of EDK2 builds in virtualization where the separate > _CODE and

[PATCH v2] docs: expand firmware descriptor to allow flash without NVRAM

2022-01-31 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
The current firmware descriptor schema for flash requires that both the executable to NVRAM template paths be provided. This is fine for the most common usage of EDK2 builds in virtualization where the separate _CODE and _VARS files are provided. With confidential computing technology like AMD