Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-07 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 11:36, Xiaotian Wu wrote: > > 在 2022-12-07星期三的 09:06 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > > On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 08:51, Xiaotian Wu > > wrote: > > > > > > 在 2022-11-29星期二的 18:56 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > > > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of > > > > AR

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-07 Thread Xiaotian Wu
在 2022-12-07星期三的 09:06 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 08:51, Xiaotian Wu > wrote: > > > > 在 2022-11-29星期二的 18:56 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of > > > ARM > > > and > > > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or n

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-07 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 08:51, Xiaotian Wu wrote: > > 在 2022-11-29星期二的 18:56 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM > > and > > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in > > question > > is a bootable kernel. > > > > Howev

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-06 Thread Xiaotian Wu
在 2022-11-29星期二的 18:56 +0100，Ard Biesheuvel写道： > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM > and > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in > question > is a bootable kernel. > > However, the purpose of the magic number is to identify the image as >

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-06 Thread Atish Patra
On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 6:30 AM Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:56:16PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and > > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in question > > is a bootable kernel. >

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-01 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 03:48:12PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 15:30, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:56:16PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and > > > arm64 EFI kernel images to

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-01 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 03:48:12PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 15:30, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:56:16PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and > > > arm64 EFI kernel images to dec

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-01 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 at 15:30, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:56:16PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and > > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in question > > is a bootable kernel. > >

Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-12-01 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:56:16PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and > arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in question > is a bootable kernel. > > However, the purpose of the magic number is to identify the

[PATCH v2 2/2] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-11-29 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
GRUB currently relies on the magic number in the image header of ARM and arm64 EFI kernel images to decide whether or not the image in question is a bootable kernel. However, the purpose of the magic number is to identify the image as one that implements the bare metal boot protocol, and so GRUB,