@RichFelker it was intended to be globally accessible because it's incredibly useful
@oshepherd @mjg59 Should be read by bootloader, passed to kernel as a device tree blob, & EFI/BIOS should be completely unmapped @ runtime.
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@RichFelker@oshepherd But that's not how things work, and so entirely irrelevant to solving the current problemThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RichFelker@mjg59 Now how do I update my bootloader? Or, on certain system configs, get/update time? -
@RichFelker@mjg59 What about if I want to schedule my system to turn back on in 3 hours? -
@oshepherd@mjg59 The point being that logic like that belongs physically isolated from the computer, not as a backdoor layer on it. -
@RichFelker@oshepherd when we redesign everything from scratch then sure, but until then your position is unhelpful -
@mjg59@oshepherd Refraining from executing firmware blobs in ring 0 after boot should not require starting over from the beginning. -
@RichFelker@oshepherd so you keep saying but it currently does so it is unhelpful with regard to the current situation -
@mjg59@oshepherd What breaks if you just rip out that code? - 3 more replies
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