[PATCH v2 0/3] efi: Minimal revert to rodata change

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:46:07AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:

> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 09:29, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 02.08.21 16:44, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > The changes to move from devicetree to rodata take things in the wrong
> > > direction for various reasons:
> > >
> > > - devicetree is where config should be stored
> >
> > We are not talking about configuration here at all.
> 
> I thought we were talking about the public key. That is run-time
> config in my book, just like the devicetree itself, which controls all
> the devices.
> 
> >
> > > - it provides no memory production in any case, particularly when U-Boot
> >
> > No clue what you mean by "memory production".
> 
> memory protection. But it turns out this is pointless anyway. We
> discussed it at length in the contributor call. We came down to one
> issue with the way the firmware is packaged by users (with U-Boot
> coming from one place and TF-A another). I think Ilias is going to
> write something up to help get to the bottom of it.
> 
> >
> > >    is relocated
> > > - testing becomes harder, with the suggestion of adding an entire new
> > >    sandbox build just for this
> >
> > Having an extra config is not required when putting the certificate into
> > .rodata.
> 
> The certificate should not go in rodata, period. Please just fix it.
> It use to be fine a few weeks ago so it should not be hard.

Where are we at here, Heinrich?  Thanks.

-- 
Tom
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