[PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF file alignment to 512 bytes

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Tue Oct 21 05:35:26 PDT 2014


On Fri, 10 Oct, at 06:58:55PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Change our PE/COFF header to use the minimum file alignment of
> 512 bytes (0x200), as mandated by the PE/COFF spec v8.3
> 
> Also update the linker script so that the Image file itself is also a
> round multiple of FileAlignment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
> ---
> 
> Another one from the PE/COFF rabbit hole. I will follow up next week and repost
> as a coherent series, once I have collected all the feedback.

It appears a though next week never came.

Should I pick up this version and apply ACK tags from the mailing list?
Or are you planning on sending a larger series?

It sounds like this should be tagged for stable, and placed into the EFI
urgent queue?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center



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