From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
Linux EFI <linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Matt Fleming
<matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
X86-ML <x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 22:29:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130603212930.GA28955@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1370294345.9888.12.camel@dabdike>
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 02:19:05PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 19:11 +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > No. I'm saying that calling it with the 1:1 map is something very
> > different to the behaviour of Windows, and I'm saying that doing so is
> > known to cause variable writes on some Apple hardware to stop working.
> > If we're aiming for maximum compatibility, we need to call
> > SetVirtualAddressMap() with addresses above the canonicalisation hole.
>
> OK, so tell me this problem: it's a new one one me. I think you're
> saying if we don't call SetVirtualAddressMap with a mapping above a
> certain value, some Apple system breaks somehow? (how?).
SetVariable() returns an error. Digging through disassembly of the code
generating the error got me to the point of realising it was doing some
sort of pointer arithmetic and then giving up.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-03 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-02 12:56 [PATCH 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1370177770-26661-1-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-02 12:56 ` [PATCH 1/4] efi: Convert runtime services function ptrs Borislav Petkov
2013-06-06 10:07 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130606100745.GF30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-11 6:49 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130611064912.GG31198-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-11 9:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-02 12:56 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86, cpa: Map in an arbitrary pgd Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1370177770-26661-3-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 10:22 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130606102233.GG30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-06 13:30 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130606133023.GJ30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-02 12:56 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86, efi: Add an efi= kernel command line parameter Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1370177770-26661-4-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 12:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-06 10:42 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130606104224.GH30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:26 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606132603.GD20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:36 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-06 17:50 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130606175052.GA1285-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 18:51 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606185140.GK20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 19:35 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130606193548.GA2946-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 19:41 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606194134.GN20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 19:54 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-06 20:07 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606200705.GO20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 20:18 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-06 20:27 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606202717.GP20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 20:30 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130606203057.GA4237-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 20:44 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606204410.GQ20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 20:50 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130606205057.GA4363-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 21:02 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606210218.GR20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 21:03 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-02 12:56 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86, efi: Map runtime services 1:1 Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1370177770-26661-5-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:14 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130606131439.GI30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 13:29 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606132908.GE20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 15:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-06 19:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51B0E2D4.3040007-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 19:36 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130606193612.GM20972-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 19:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51B0E522.4070005-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-10 12:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-02 22:56 ` [PATCH 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130602225620.GA5496-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 8:11 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130603081148.GB13607-K5JNixvcfoxupOikMc4+xw@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 14:27 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 14:30 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 14:38 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 15:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 16:18 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 16:24 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130603162435.GA22563-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 16:35 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 16:42 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130603164237.GA23146-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 18:05 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 18:11 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130603181110.GA25060-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 21:19 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-03 21:29 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2014-02-10 3:59 ` Linux, UEFI, and Chromebooks (was RE: [PATCH 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping) Yuhong Bao
2013-06-03 14:32 ` [PATCH 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130603143252.GB20252-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 14:54 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20130603145412.GJ2004-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 8:15 ` Borislav Petkov
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