linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] Provide PE binary definitions

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Message-ID: <20140704191633.GA27756@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:16:33 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>
Cc:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, dyoung@...hat.com,
	chaowang@...hat.com, bhe@...hat.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, dhowells@...hat.com,
	pjones@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] Provide PE binary definitions

On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 10:12:51PM +0300, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> Wow MZ ? EXE for MSDOS and Windows ???
> 
> After more research, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable
> [quote]PE is a modified version of the Unix COFF (Common Object File
> Format).[/quote]
> 
> How can anyone be sure that Microsoft will not sue about this ?

We already build a kernel that's a valid PE executable for UEFI systems.

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