Re: [PATCH v7 22/22] x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 11:09:16AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The bare metal decompressor code was never really intended to run in a
> hosted environment such as the EFI boot services, and does a few things
> that are problematic in the context of EFI boot now that the logo
> requirements are getting tighter.

Please spend a sentence or two explaining those. After some time has
passed, no one will remember what that tightening of the requirements
was.

So yeah, other than those minor nitpicks, I like the thing, all in all.

Pls send v8 so that I can run it here on my machines. A git branch would
be cool too.

As to merging this, I presume you want it to go through tip?

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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