Re: [PATCH] firmware: export x86_64 platform flash bios region via sysfs

From: Richard Hughes
Date: Thu Nov 11 2021 - 16:07:59 EST


On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 15:50, Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was thinking about SHA256 hashes or so (as they tell about
> binaries). In any case the interface for this seems to be in the
> kernel.

I'm quite sure you don't want to put those EFI format decoders in the
kernel; there is all kinds of weird compression schemes, volumes are
recursive, and vendors like to hide weird things in the undocumented
(or reserved) areas.

Richard.