[PATCH 6/7] efi: Handle secure boot from UEFI-2.6 [ver #7]

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Feb 1 07:02:14 PST 2017


On 1 February 2017 at 15:00, David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com> wrote:
> Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> From the OS pov, UserMode and DeployedMode are the same, the only
>> difference being that AuditMode may be entered from UserMode simply by
>> setting the variable to 0x1 (which can only be done before
>> ExitBootServices()). And since AuditMode implies SetupMode (according
>> to the diagram), you are right that we don't need to care about
>> AuditMode either. AFAICT, that makes the entire patch unnecessary, so
>> let's drop it for now.
>
> Okay, in that case, do you want me to reissue and place a signed tag on my
> patchset without that patch, or can you pull the other patches individually?
>

Let's wait for Matt to comment on the x86 bits before reissuing
anything, but if the subsequent patches still apply cleanly, I don't
think there is a need to resend or re-sign.



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