Re: Adding grub-devel@gnu.org to lore.kernel.org

2023-08-08 Thread Shyam Kumar
Hello The archive has been created on lore.kernel.org/grub-devel. Thanks Shyam On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 9:00 AM Oskari Pirhonen wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 21:59:29 -0500, Glenn Washburn wrote: > > It would be great to have grub-devel@gnu.org added to lore.kernel.org. > > Yes please! > >

Re: [PATCH] loader/efi/linux: Implement x86 mixed mode using legacy boot

2023-08-08 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
#include ascii art of can of worms here On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 17:27, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 17:34, Dimitri John Ledkov > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2023, 13:23 Ard Biesheuvel, wrote: > > > > > > Recent mixed-mode Linux kernels (i.e., v4.0 or newer) can access EFI > >

Re: x86: Apply microcode updates in GRUB?

2023-08-08 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 at 06:54, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Dear GRUB folks, > > > On x86 microcode updates often are recommended to be applied to fix > bugs. Just recently new microcode updates where published for AMD Zen 2 > processors to fix “Zenbleed” [1]. > > Currently, these updates are shipped

Re: [PATCH] loader/efi/linux: Implement x86 mixed mode using legacy boot

2023-08-08 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On Mon, 7 Aug 2023, 13:23 Ard Biesheuvel, wrote: > > Recent mixed-mode Linux kernels (i.e., v4.0 or newer) can access EFI > runtime services at OS runtime even when the OS was not entered via the > EFI stub. This is because, instead of reverting back to the firmware's > segment selectors, GDTs

Re: [PATCH] loader/efi/linux: Implement x86 mixed mode using legacy boot

2023-08-08 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 17:34, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > > On Mon, 7 Aug 2023, 13:23 Ard Biesheuvel, wrote: > > > > Recent mixed-mode Linux kernels (i.e., v4.0 or newer) can access EFI > > runtime services at OS runtime even when the OS was not entered via the > > EFI stub. This is because,