Re: GRUB release schedule?

2020-10-26 Thread Daniel Kiper
Hi Bruce, On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 11:59:07AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Is there a release schedule for the next stable version of GRUB? It would > help for planning purposes. I am working on it now. I hope to cut rc1 in the following weeks and then release 2.06 in December. Daniel __

Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] cryptodisk: Properly handle non-512 byte sized sectors.

2020-10-26 Thread Daniel Kiper
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 08:09:10PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 06:09:54PM -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote: > > By default, dm-crypt internally uses an IV that corresponds to 512-byte > > sectors, even when a larger sector size is specified. What this means is > > that whe

Re: [PATCH v3 07/10] cryptodisk: Replace some literals with constants in grub_cryptodisk_endecrypt.

2020-10-26 Thread Glenn Washburn
Oct 23, 2020 1:00:59 PM Patrick Steinhardt : > On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 06:09:55PM -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote: >> This should improve readability of code by providing clues as to what the >> value represents. >> >> Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn >> --- >> grub-core/disk/cryptodisk.c | 12 +++--

Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] efi: implement LoadFile2 initrd loading protocol for Linux

2020-10-26 Thread Atish Patra
On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 6:50 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > Recent Linux kernels will invoke the LoadFile2 protocol installed on a > well-known vendor media devicepath to load the initrd if it is exposed > by the firmware. Using this method is preferred for two reasons: > - the Linux kernel is in ch

Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] efi: implement LoadFile2 initrd loading protocol for Linux

2020-10-26 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 22:38, Atish Patra wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 6:50 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > Recent Linux kernels will invoke the LoadFile2 protocol installed on a > > well-known vendor media devicepath to load the initrd if it is exposed > > by the firmware. Using this meth