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Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] xen/x86: manually build xen.mb.efi binary

To: Bob Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 08:48:32 +0200
Cc: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Delivery-date: Mon, 17 May 2021 06:48:29 +0000
List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 07.05.2021 22:26, Bob Eshleman wrote:
> What is your intuition WRT the idea that instead of trying add a PE/COFF hdr
> in front of Xen's mb2 bin, we instead go the route of introducing valid mb2
> entry points into xen.efi?

At the first glance I think this is going to be less intrusive, and hence
to be preferred. But of course I haven't experimented in any way ...

Jan

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