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    SubjectRe: [edk2] Corrupted EFI region
    On Thu, 08 Aug, at 06:46:02AM, Andrew Fish wrote:
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    > On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:17 AM, Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> wrote:
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    > > On Wed, 07 Aug, at 02:10:28PM, Andrew Fish wrote:
    > >> Well the issue I see is I don't think OS X or Windows are doing this.
    > >> So I'm guessing there is some unique thing beings done on the Linux
    > >> side and we don't have good tests to catch bugs in the EFI
    > >> implementations. If the Linux loader hides the bugs and we don't hit
    > >> them with other operating systems they are never going to get fixed.
    > >> It would be good if we could track down some of these issues and make
    > >> a request for some tests that can help catch these issues. The tests
    > >> would be part of UEFI.org, but since some of us play in both worlds we
    > >> can forward the known issues to the UEFI test work group.
    > >
    > > I'm all for helping to develop tests that catch these kind of bugs.
    > > What's the next step?
    > >
    >
    > I'll bring this up with UEFI.org.

    For those attending the UEFI plugfest in New Orleans this would be a
    good topic for discussion - figuring out a collaboration process to get
    new tests in place.

    --
    Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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