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SubjectRe: [edk2] Corrupted EFI region
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 04:27:44PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> I wouldn't call the design of SetVirtualAddressMap() braindead.

Ok, I've always wondered and you could probably shed some light on the
matter: why is SetVirtualAddressMap() a call-once only? Why can't I
simply call it again and update the mappings?

> I'd rather call kexec unique and somewhat unexpected :)

In all fairness, it was there before UEFI, AFAICT.

> > I wouldn't wonder if we f*cked it up again like the last time. I'll give
> > it a long hard look.
>
> Ah sorry, by "and you guys suspect" I didn't mean to imply anything
> between the lines, I was simply trying to ascertain your working idea :)

As long as we get to the bottom of this, we're all fine. And I'd
pretty much expect everyone who is dealing with EFI to have grown a
sufficiently thick skin before starting to do so, so don't worry.

:-)

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