Re: [PATCH v3] x86, efi: Calling __pa() with an ioremap'd addressis invalid

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/07/2011 12:48 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> 
> If the kernel is able to call boot services then the kernel needs to be 
> signed. If it's all handled by the bootloader then the bootloader can be 
> signed and the kernel doesn't have to be. Depends which one people 
> update more, I guess.
> 

... and what security attributes they are looking for.

However, "EFI stub in the kernel" doesn't mean "can't use an external
bootloader."

	-hpa
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