linux-kernel - Re: [edk2] Corrupted EFI region

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Date:	Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:19:53 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Andrew Fish <afish@...le.com>
Cc:	edk2-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Brian Richardson <brian.richardson@...el.com>,
	Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [edk2] Corrupted EFI region

On Thu, 08 Aug, at 06:46:02AM, Andrew Fish wrote:
> 
> On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:17 AM, Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 07 Aug, at 02:10:28PM, Andrew Fish wrote:
> >> Well the issue I see is I don't think OS X or Windows are doing this.
> >> So I'm guessing there is some unique thing beings done on the Linux
> >> side and we don't have good tests to catch bugs in the EFI
> >> implementations. If the Linux loader hides the bugs and we don't hit
> >> them with other operating systems they are never going to get fixed.
> >> It would be good if we could track down some of these issues and make
> >> a request for some tests that can help catch these issues. The tests
> >> would be part of UEFI.org, but since some of us play in both worlds we
> >> can forward the known issues to the UEFI test work group. 
> > 
> > I'm all for helping to develop tests that catch these kind of bugs.
> > What's the next step?
> > 
> 
> I'll bring this up with UEFI.org.
 
For those attending the UEFI plugfest in New Orleans this would be a
good topic for discussion - figuring out a collaboration process to get
new tests in place.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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