linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory

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Message-ID: <CAAH4kHaHJo4NUb72tHeica4a34hq5u_QP6d6Vuzngf6EqTJ8Aw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:31:44 -0700
From:   Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
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        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory

> > I think we should make it obvious from a kernel image if it supports
> > unaccepted memory (with UTS_VERSION or other way).
> >

Something I didn't address in my previous email: how would the UEFI
know where the kernel is to parse this UTS_VERSION out when it's
booting a bootloader before Linux gets booted?

-- 
-Dionna Glaze, PhD (she/her)