Re: backport request

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On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 01:13:34PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Please backport commit
> 
> commit 9cf42bca30e98a1c6c9e8abf876940a551eaa3d1
> Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Tue Aug 2 11:00:16 2022 +0200
> 
>     efi: libstub: use EFI_LOADER_CODE region when moving the kernel in memory
> 
> to all active stable trees all the way back to v5.15. I will provide a
> separate backport for v5.10, and possibly a [much] larger set of
> backports for v5.4 for EFI boot support.

Sure, but why?  That sounds like a new feature, if you want EFI boot
support, why not just move to a newer kernel tree?  What bug is this
fixing?

thanks,

greg k-h



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