Re: [PATCH 6/8] CMDLINE: x86: convert to generic builtin command line

[Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>]

On 10/2/25 14:31, Daniel Walker (danielwa) wrote:
...
>> BTW, your series looks like a *really* good idea. Please don't let it
>> die. But you might want to trim it down a bit. I'd probably remove the
>> tests and the 'insert-sys-cert' changes to make it more approachable to
>> folks.
> 
> Since x86 is asking for it I think it would trim it down to just
> what is needed for x86. If I don't trim down the architectures it
> ropes in too many people anyway.

That's not a bad idea. Or, even if you can pick two amenable
architectures to start with it will make it really obvious that this is
useful. Two architectures means a *lot*, IMNHO. Two is a billion times
better than one.

> The biggest issue is that libstub would need to be modified, but
> I've never had any luck getting the libstub maintainer to review
> anything. I suspect he would ignore private email too, particularly
> from people he's doesn't know.

Are you talking about Ard?

	EXTENSIBLE FIRMWARE INTERFACE (EFI)
	M:      Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
	L:      linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
	S:      Maintained
	...
	F:      drivers/firmware/efi/
	F:      include/linux/efi*.h

He's a pretty nice guy and has been active in this thread, so I'm kinda
surprised to hear you're having a hard time there. I'd just try asking
nicely. I'm pretty sure he's "ardb" on the usual IRC networks. IRC is a
great alternative when you're having problems getting your emails seen
in the normal email flood.

BTW, reading the changelog for libstub, it wasn't clear to me that
changes there were _required_ for the series to go forward. For
instance, is the x86 patch useful without libstub changes?