Re: [PATCH v6 04/14] x86: Secure Launch Resource Table header file

[Matthew Garrett]

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 08:41:00PM -0400, Daniel P. Smith wrote:
> On 5/15/23 17:22, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > What if I don't use grub, but use something that behaves equivalently?
> > Which value should be used here?
> 
> Generally we would request that the bootloader submit a request to register
> for a value to be reserved in the spec. That aside, the intent here is to
> allow for the possibility for the DLE handler to be independent from the
> bootloader, but this does not have to be this way. If a non-open entity
> decides to produce their own implementation, they can freely use a
> unallocated value at their own risk that it could be allocated to another
> bootloader in the future. Though in this scenario it likely would not matter
> as the non-open DLE handler would only be present when the non-open
> bootloader was present.

Is the expectation that the DLE will always be shipped with the 
bootloader? I think I'm not entirely clear on what's consuming this and 
why.