Re: [edk2] Corrupted EFI region

Matt Fleming
2013-09-02T08:19:53Z

On Thu, 08 Aug, at 06:46:02AM, Andrew Fish wrote:
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> On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:17 AM, Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 07 Aug, at 02:10:28PM, Andrew Fish wrote:
> >> Well the issue I see is I don't think OS X or Windows are doing this.
> >> So I'm guessing there is some unique thing beings done on the Linux
> >> side and we don't have good tests to catch bugs in the EFI
> >> implementations. If the Linux loader hides the bugs and we don't hit
> >> them with other operating systems they are never going to get fixed.
> >> It would be good if we could track down some of these issues and make
> >> a request for some tests that can help catch these issues. The tests
> >> would be part of UEFI.org, but since some of us play in both worlds we
> >> can forward the known issues to the UEFI test work group.
> >
> > I'm all for helping to develop tests that catch these kind of bugs.
> > What's the next step?
> >
>
> I'll bring this up with UEFI.org.

For those attending the UEFI plugfest in New Orleans this would be a
good topic for discussion - figuring out a collaboration process to get
new tests in place.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center