On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 01:33:47PM +0100, Wookey wrote: >Binutils 2.38 now has proper PE/COFF output support for arm64. >(And is in unstable and testing.) >https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2022-February/119721.html > >I think this is the relevant bit: >"Support for efi-app-aarch64, efi-rtdrv-aarch64 and > efi-bsdrv-aarch64 has been added to objcopy in order to enable > UEFI development using binutils." > >So we should now be able to build shim-signed on arm64 without the >hackery that was previously used to simulate this format (and then had >to be disabled because it broke things (AIUI)). > >I'm not sure how much work this is or if anyone else is already >working on it? I presume it should be a simplification by removing >the previous workarounds and bulding just as we do on x86 now? > >Happy to have a look if someone gives me some pointers. (A look round >the package for an hour was not sufficient for me to work out how shim >itself or the various other bits is all put together (shim-signed, >shim-helpers-<arch>-signed etc) and where it needs poking).
I'm hacking on shim right now, setting up local CI etc. to help me with testing. As soon as I can validate that arm64 stuff is working correctly now, I'll take out the hacks I added. Give me a few days... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll
