linux-kernel - Re: Use PCI ROMs from EFI boot services

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Date:	Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:57:55 -0500
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	mfleming@...el.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: Use PCI ROMs from EFI boot services



"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

>I don't think there is anything security-sensitive about that
>information, at least not to root.  I could be wrong, of course; I
>wouldn't mind security people telling me about that.

I don't think there's anything at present, but we'll want to pass the hibernation encryption key from the bootloader to the kernel in the near future. setup_data seems like the easiest way to do that. 

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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