Re: [RFC] efi/boot: Unified Xen executable for UEFI Secure Boot support

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 11.08.2020 16:47, Trammell Hudson wrote:
> On Friday, August 7, 2020 2:23 PM, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 06.08.2020 16:15, Trammell Hudson wrote:
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/xen/scripts/unify-xen
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
>>> +#!/bin/bash
>>> +# Build a "unified Xen" image.
>>> +# Usage
>>> +# unify xen.efi xen.cfg bzimage initrd [xsm [ucode]]
>>> [...]
>>
>> With all these hard coded size restrictions I take it this still is
>> just an example, not something that is to eventually get committed.
> 
> I'm wondering if for the initial merge if it is better to include just
> the objcopy command line to show how to do it in the documentation, similar
> to how systemd-boot documents it, rather than providing a tool.  At a later
> time a more correct unify script could be merged.

Sounds like a reasonable approach.

> Updated patch follows:

Going forward, may I ask that you please send new versions of the patch(es)
instead of inlining them in your replies?

Jan