Re: GELI with UEFI supporting Boot Environments goes to HEAD when?

From: Tommi Pernila <tommi.pernila_at_iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:55:50 +0000
excellent, thanks again for all your work.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 at 22.25, Eric McCorkle <eric_at_metricspace.net> wrote:

> I'll do another rebase from head just to be sure
>
> On March 28, 2018 3:23:23 PM EDT, Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's on my list for nexr, finally. I have an alternate patch for
>> loader.efi from ESP, but i don't think it will affect the GELI stuff. I
>> have some time slotted for integration issues though.
>>
>> I am quite mindful of the freeze dates.... I  have some uefi boot loader
>> protocol changes that I need to get in.
>>
>> Warner
>>
>> On Feb 21, 2018 11:18 PM, "Tommi Pernila" <tommi.pernila_at_iki.fi> wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome, thanks for the update and the work that you have done!
>>>
>>> Now we just need some more reviewers eyes on the code :)
>>>
>>> Br,
>>>
>>> Tommi
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 at 2.03, Eric McCorkle <eric_at_metricspace.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FYI, I just IFC'ed everything, and the current patches are still fine.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the full GELI + standalone loader has been deployed on one of my
>>>> laptops for some time now.
>>>>
>>>> On 02/21/2018 18:15, Eric McCorkle wrote:
>>>> > The GELI work could be merged at this point, though it won't be usable
>>>> > without an additional patch to enable loader-only operation.  The
>>>> > patches are currently up for review:
>>>> >
>>>> > This is the order in which they'd need to be merged:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12732
>>>> >
>>>> > This one changes the efipart device.  Toomas Soome identified some
>>>> > problems, which I have addressed.  He has not re-reviewed it, however.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12692
>>>> >
>>>> > This adds some crypto code needed for GELI.  It simply adds new code,
>>>> > and doesn't conflict with anything.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12698
>>>> >
>>>> > This adds the EFI KMS interface code, and has the EFI loader pass keys
>>>> > into the keybuf interface.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I can't post the main GELI driver until those get merged, as it
>>>> depends
>>>> > on them.  It can be found on the geli branch on my github freebsd
>>>> > repository, however.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Additionally, you need this patch, which allows loader.efi to function
>>>> > when installed directly to the ESP:
>>>> >
>>>> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13497
>>>> >
>>>> > On 02/20/2018 22:56, Tommi Pernila wrote:
>>>> >> Hi Eric,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> could you provide a brief update how the work is going?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Br,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Tommi
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Nov 16, 2017 04:29, "Eric McCorkle" <eric_at_metricspace.net
>>>> >> <mailto:eric_at_metricspace.net>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Right, so basically, the remaining GELI patches are against
>>>> loader, and
>>>> >>     most of them can go in independently of the work on removing
>>>> boot1.
>>>> >>     There's a unanimous consensus on getting rid of boot1 which
>>>> includes its
>>>> >>     original author, so that's going to happen.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     For GELI, we have the following (not necessarily in order):
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     a) Adding the KMS interfaces, pseudo-device, and kernel keybuf
>>>> >>     interactions
>>>> >>     b) Modifications to the efipart driver
>>>> >>     c) boot crypto
>>>> >>     d) GELI partition types (not strictly necessary)
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Then there's the GELI driver itself.  (a) and (c) are good to
>>>> land, (b)
>>>> >>     needs some more work after Toomas Soome pointed out a legitimate
>>>> >>     problem, and (d) actually needs a good bit more code (but again,
>>>> it's
>>>> >>     more cosmetic).  Additionally, the GELI driver will need further
>>>> mods to
>>>> >>     efipart to be written (nothing too big).  But we could go ahead
>>>> with (a)
>>>> >>     and (c), as they've already been proven to work.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     I'd wanted to have this stuff shaped up sooner, but I'm
>>>> preoccupied with
>>>> >>     the 7th RISC-V workshop at the end of the month.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>     Once this stuff is all in, loader should handle any GELI volumes
>>>> it
>>>> >>     finds, and it should Just Work once boot1 is gone.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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