Re: [PATCH v2] x86/kernel: skip ROM range scans and validation for SEV-SNP guests

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 11:30:50AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Agree with the analysis and the conclusion. However, this will need to
> be split into generic and x86 specific changes, given that the DMI
> code is shared between all architectures, and explicitly checking for
> SEV-SNP support in generic code is not appropriate.
> 
> So what we will need is:

I was actually thinking of:

	x86_init.resources.probe_roms = snp_probe_roms;

and snp_probe_roms() is an empty stub.

Problem solved without ugly sprinkling of checks everywhere.

Thx.

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