Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-15 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Daniel, On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 19:07, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > Hey, > > This is next attempt to create firmware and bootloader log specification. > Due to high interest among industry it is an extension to the initial > bootloader log only specification. It takes into the account most of the >

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-08 Thread Frank Rowand
On 12/4/20 7:23 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Wim, dear Daniel, > > > First, thank you for including all parties in the discussion. > Am 04.12.20 um 13:52 schrieb Wim Vervoorn: > >> I agree with you. Using an existing standard is better than inventing >> a new one in this case. I think using

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-07 Thread Tom Rini
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:23:23PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Wim, dear Daniel, > > > First, thank you for including all parties in the discussion. > Am 04.12.20 um 13:52 schrieb Wim Vervoorn: > > > I agree with you. Using an existing standard is better than inventing > > a new one in

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Wim, dear Daniel, First, thank you for including all parties in the discussion. Am 04.12.20 um 13:52 schrieb Wim Vervoorn: I agree with you. Using an existing standard is better than inventing a new one in this case. I think using the coreboot logging is a good idea as there is indeed a

RE: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-04 Thread Wim Vervoorn
oss.philip...@oracle.com; tyhi...@linux.microsoft.com; Heinrich Schuchardt Subject: Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification Standardizing in-memory logging sounds like an interesting idea, especially with regards to components that can run on top of different firmw

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-03 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 2:01 AM Daniel Kiper wrote: ... > The log specification should be as much as possible platform agnostic > and self contained. The final version of this spec should be merged into > existing specifications, e.g. UEFI, ACPI, Multiboot2, or be a standalone > spec, e.g. as a

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-12-02 Thread Julius Werner
Standardizing in-memory logging sounds like an interesting idea, especially with regards to components that can run on top of different firmware stacks (things like GRUB or TF-A). But I would be a bit wary of creating a "new standard to rule them all" and then expecting all projects to switch what

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-11-18 Thread Heinrich Schuchardt
On 14.11.20 00:52, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Hey, > > This is next attempt to create firmware and bootloader log specification. > Due to high interest among industry it is an extension to the initial > bootloader log only specification. It takes into the account most of the > comments which I got up

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-11-14 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Daniel, I think this is a good idea. Alas, as I hear for the first time about it, I lack any context of prior discussions / context. So bear with me, if I ask things that have already been answered. On 14.11.20 00:52, Daniel Kiper wrote: > The goal is to pass all logs produced by various boot

Re: [SPECIFICATION RFC] The firmware and bootloader log specification

2020-11-13 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 11/13/20 3:52 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Hey, > > > Here is the description (pseudocode) of the structures which will be > used to store the log data. > > Anyway, I am aware that this is not specification per se. Yes, you have caveats here. I'm sure that you either already know or would