peter, you are right about CBOR, and that says to me it does not really meet the original goal of self-describing data. But coreboot tables, at least in my understanding, is also not self-describing.
Do you have some thoughts on a good format that is self-describing? On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 3:05 PM Peter Stuge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Martin Roth via coreboot wrote: > > > Your concern is valid and I think a key point. CBOR may not be bad > > > over a socket, but such a complex and arbitrarily extensible format > > > is much too error prone to be a good technical choice during boot. > > > > So if the idea is to create a payload handoff format that can be > > shared and used by multiple different firmware packages, do you have > > a better option? Yes, coreboot can just continue with just the > > coreboot tables, but that seems a little like sticking our head in > > the sand and refusing to recognize that other boot firmware exists. > > I'd ask what other boot firmware is missing from coreboot tables for > them to be universally acceptable. > > > > > I agree that it could be a step forward, but I think the devil is in > > > the details. CBOR data structures can also be unneccessarily complex > > > and error prone, beyond the parser itself. > > > > So maybe we try to limit the complexity? I'm not really familar with > > CBOR, so I don't know the issues with it. > > CBOR (RFC 8949) is a binary serialization of JSON with some extensions. > > So "CBOR" itself says nothing about the data within. > > > > Intel did say that they were willing to look at other alternatives if > > we had any. > > That's a positive signal! > > I propose that coreboot tables are a good alternative - fight me! :) > > > > I hope nobody takes any of this as criticism - I appreciate the > > open discussion, and am sincerely looking for the best path forward here. > > Not at all. > > Let's see if coreboot tables can grow to cover all needs? > > > Kind regards > > //Peter > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
