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