linux-kernel - Re: [patch 6/7 v2] passing kexec necessary efi data via setup

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:50:32 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	dyoung@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, mjg59@...f.ucam.org, hpa@...or.com,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com, vgoyal@...hat.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, horms@...ge.net.au,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, bp@...en8.de
Subject: Re: [patch 6/7 v2] passing kexec necessary efi data via setup_data

On Tue, 05 Nov, at 04:20:13PM, dyoung@...hat.com wrote:
> Add a new setup_data type SETUP_EFI for kexec use.
> Passing the saved fw_vendor, runtime, config tables and
> efi runtime mappings.
> 
> When entering virtual mode, directly mapping the efi
> runtime ragions which we passed in previously. And skip
> the step to call SetVirtualAddressMap.
> 
> Specially for HP z420 workstation it need another variable
> saving, it's the smbios physical address, the HP bios
> also update the SMBIOS address after entering virtual mode
> besides of the standard fw_vendor,runtime and config table.
 
Does that mean that on some of the platforms you tested the SMBIOS
address isn't updated?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/