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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:44:34 -0700
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Subject: Re: Kernel V5.7-rc1 doesn't boot (EFI?)
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:32 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> That is the quick fix, but Arvind is working on getting rid of
> __efistub_global entirely, and use the right linker foo to put .bss in
> .data.

Oh, that sounds even better. Yeah, a linker script fix to just make
.bss be in the executable is the right thing to do if we have
unreliable loaders.

Thanks,
             Linus