kernellogger, Great post from Ard Biesheuvel about #UEFI & #ACPI on a #Linux #kernel ml: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CAMj1kXFZren0Q19DimwQaETCLz64D4bZQC5B2N=i3SAWHygkTQ@mail.gmail.com/
"There appears to be a bit of cargo cult going on here.
[…] makes sense to distinguish between […] c) commercial implementations created by BIOS vendors for x86 PC OEMs that do not perform any testing beyond booting Windows.
[…]
The ARM case is very different […]
- there is no need to work around buggy proprietary firmware that can boot Windows but not Linux
- there is no 'prior art' […]"