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Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images

From Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images
Date 2017-02-28 17:30 +0100
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Bryan O'Donoghue
<pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> wrote:
> On 28/02/17 13:36, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Andy Shevchenko
>> <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Ard Biesheuvel
>>> <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
>>>> On 28 February 2017 at 12:29, Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Feb, at 01:20:25PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>
>>>> As I said before, I'd be ok with it if we select it compile time,
>>>> i.e., no runtime logic that infers whether we are running on such a
>>>> system or not, and no carrying both implementations in all kernels
>>>> that have capsule loading built in.
>>>
>>> Actually it most likely that Quark kernel (kernel compiled to be run
>>> on Quark) will be ever used on the rest of (modern) x86 since it's
>>> 486+ architecture (kernel has specific option for it, 586TSC).
>>
>> + it's UP only!
>>
>>> So, we might just be dependent or chosen by Quark.
>>
>
> Still though the current ia32 kernel runs on Quark and all other ia32
> systems.

How come? Quark has a silicon bug (SMP kernel might oops) and it is
not even i586!

> It would be a pity/shame to make this feature dependent on
> compiling a Quark specific kernel, after all its only a header on a
> capsule as opposed to a large hardware-level architectural divergence.
>

> I'd still like us to try for a low-fat hook that would a big fat ia32
> kernel just work without having to force a user compile up a
> Quark-specific kernel.

Can you elaborate how to run i686 kernel (which is default for x86
32-bit AFAIK) on Quark?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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[PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 19:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2017-02-15 19:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 19:50 +0100
  [PATCH 1/2] efi/capsule: Prepare for loading images with security header Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 19:20 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] efi/capsule: Add support for Quark security header Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 19:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi/capsule: Add support for Quark security header Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-17 02:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-15 19:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-15 19:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 20:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-15 20:10 +0100
        RE: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com> - 2017-02-16 04:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-16 08:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2017-02-18 23:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-19 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-20 02:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-20 03:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-17 02:00 +0100
            RE: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com> - 2017-02-17 09:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-17 10:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2017-02-28 13:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-28 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2017-02-28 13:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-28 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-28 16:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 17:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 18:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-28 19:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-03-01 15:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-03-01 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-28 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2017-02-28 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 14:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-17 11:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> - 2017-02-17 11:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark  images Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@nexus-software.ie> - 2017-02-17 12:50 +0100

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