Re: [RFC PATCH] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-11-10 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 00:27, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 04:01:27PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > > On 11/9/22 15:16, 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 n

Re: [RFC PATCH] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-11-09 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 04:01:27PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > On 11/9/22 15:16, 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. > > > > Ho

Re: [RFC PATCH] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-11-09 Thread Heinrich Schuchardt
On 11/9/22 15:16, 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 image as one that implements t

[RFC PATCH] efi: Put Linux specific magic number in the DOS header

2022-11-09 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,