Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] efi_loader: conditionally enable SetvariableRT

2024-04-17 Thread Ilias Apalodimas
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 at 15:28, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > > On 17.04.24 12:19, Ilias Apalodimas wrote: > > When we store EFI variables on file we don't allow SetVariable at runtime, > > since the OS doesn't know how to access or write that file. At the same > > time keeping the U-Boot drivers

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] efi_loader: conditionally enable SetvariableRT

2024-04-17 Thread Heinrich Schuchardt
On 17.04.24 12:19, Ilias Apalodimas wrote: When we store EFI variables on file we don't allow SetVariable at runtime, since the OS doesn't know how to access or write that file. At the same time keeping the U-Boot drivers alive in runtime sections and performing writes from the firmware is

[PATCH v2 1/4] efi_loader: conditionally enable SetvariableRT

2024-04-17 Thread Ilias Apalodimas
When we store EFI variables on file we don't allow SetVariable at runtime, since the OS doesn't know how to access or write that file. At the same time keeping the U-Boot drivers alive in runtime sections and performing writes from the firmware is dangerous -- if at all possible. For GetVariable