[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/23] efi_loader implement missing functions

[Leif Lindholm]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 02:26:48PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > > I would add command
> > > > bootefi selftest.efi
> > > > to run the tests and provide the python wrapper code to add it to the
> > > > test suite.
> > > 
> > > I think that's a great idea, yes.
> > I wonder how far we are from running UEFI tests (either the official
> > ones, or I seem to remember hearing about some other test suite which
> > didn't require UEFI shell)?
> 
> Let's ask Leif, Ard and Dong.
> 
> The official test suite definitely needs the UEFI Shell. Is the suite
> publicly available by now?

In binary form, you can access it already from the links on
http://uefi.org/testtools 

Yes, 2.5 is latest release. No this is not a restriction ... the SCT
releases have been lagging the specification releases a fair bit.

The 2.5a package contains AARCH64, IA32 and X64 support (not ARM).
Not that it couldn't contain ARM, it just hasn't been packaged.

> > That seems more useful long term than re-inventing comprehensive UEFI
> > test suite.  (Also, beyond just running shim/fallback/grub, I don't
> > really have time to invent new tests for the stack of efi_loader
> > patches I have.)
> 
> Yes and no - it depends on the availability of the official suite :/.

UEFI SCT is not yet open source/free software. Obviously, this is
something Linaro has been lobbying for since day one of our
involvement. There used to be little understanding for this, but that
attitude has shifted substantially.

I will let Dong fill in on what the current status actually get the
code into the open is.

/
    Leif