Re: [PATCH v6 09/14] gdb: Add more support for debugging on EFI platforms

[Robbie Harwood]

Glenn Washburn <development@efficientek.com> writes:

> If the configure option --enable-efi-debug is given, then enable the
> printing early in EFI startup of the command needed to load symbols for
> the GRUB EFI kernel. This is needed because EFI firmware determines where
> to load the GRUB EFI at runtime, and so the relevant addresses are not
> known ahead of time.

Does this actually need to be configurable as opposed to always enabled
where applicable?  I would want to turn it on in distro builds, much
like the similar patch we carry is.

> This is not printed when secure boot is enabled.

This will mean that any debugging first requires disabling secureboot.
That's potentially annoying and I'm not sure I see a security benefit to
doing so.

Be well,
--Robbie

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