On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 01:25:06PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> ... so even if we wanted to, it would be intractible to find each
> cross-section relative reference and do the fixup.
Hmm, maybe we should go and patch EFI code segments and fixup all
relative references after mapping. I mean, if you want something done
right, you better do it yourself. :-\
> No, it seems nobody thought of this when designing the feature.
Not surprised at all, to be honest.
> Several solutions and/or work arounds are currently under discussion.
And requiring for code segments not to refer to each other with relative
offsets and holding that down in the spec post-factum is not possible
anymore...?
[ I can already imagine what the answer to that question would be though... ]
Thanks.
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