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Re: [PATCH v8 0/4] Various patches to improve Secure Boot support
- To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- From: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:40:29 +0100
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- Cc: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Delivery-date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:40:54 +0000
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2026 at 07:24, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 15.07.2026 08:22, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > These patches improve support for Secure boot.
> > UEFI CA memory mitigation requires memory pages to be not executable and
> > writable at the same time. So changing permissions and splitting some
> > section
> > is required.
> > Remove multiboot pieces from EFI executable.
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > - improved some comments;
> > - merged 2 pacthes removing multiboot support in x86 PE;
> > - removed a patch dealing with SBAT;
> > - other minor changes (see single patches).
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> > - improved some comments.
> >
> > Changes since v3:
> > - Added Acked-by;
> > - Improve commit message.
> >
> > Changes since v4:
> > - Messages updates;
> > - Clean some dependencies cause by code removal;
> > - Add small commit to remove a possibly unused string.
> >
> > Changes since v5:
> > - removed merged commit;
> > - remove more code/data from xen.efi output.
> >
> > Changes since v6:
> > - fix commit message.
> >
> > Changes since v7:
> > - added Acked-by, all commit are now acked.
>
> Forgive me asking, but why did this warrant another re-submission? We've
> got enough traffic on the list already.
>
> Jan
Because there was an update and because nothing was merged.
Frediano
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