From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail05.groups.io (mail05.groups.io [45.79.224.7]) by spool.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D616AAC168A for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 15:25:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=zlzlNc3CDAmd7uy2y/soathPZZPCYHkwCNnhN32igW8=; c=relaxed/simple; d=groups.io; h=MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject:To:Cc:Precedence:List-Subscribe:List-Help:Sender:List-Id:Mailing-List:Delivered-To:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Reply-To:List-Unsubscribe-Post:List-Unsubscribe:Content-Type; s=20240830; t=1725636334; v=1; x=1725895533; b=CXEFDpF9t3C4dmV/3tpfr2xyvXPsTzQI13N5XGpf+QeIyMvWfnFIj8+Ot5Nxrf9fTmTsnj7I ZeBDw8NkqrzRo1eYnWhgyRk8BdrzZGld256CW0pP6wnJJeBH3GdXrEyzsen1/bqVOtEVADiG6ZT hxW0DAN30N/TFgj301O34GsnSe52Y31hX8zd9n0tberkj6AhacrMnBo99+QisU0yzilBFYTMvx4 g7wmvsOPje7j+U+fIUAMMPmec1kLHRZ3PG/uhX2R1uvLmQn5qmbrs5OGTqH9I3NyWkGGTWFu5Bk sp/ErOKHB87q+0QarU9TwOMbzoUJOPoRePvO5bbk3XiJg== X-Received: by 127.0.0.2 with SMTP id 8OU2YY7687511xxO9lC1Ti0b; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:25:33 -0700 X-Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.1659.1725636332615496103 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:25:32 -0700 X-Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 915055C5754 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 15:25:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1C22C4CEC8 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2024 15:25:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: by mail-lj1-f179.google.com with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2f50966c478so24820531fa.1 for ; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:25:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: yIoFCyhRb2YgW67rIU4vRQYrx7686176AA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IF7wdFg62ATp7b9jum5fNXTRTVjvv9h+pP3ZOOzJJPS5inATqGARcBqssZEM6Kzw2tPUJBtGxaL6Bs7Zpm9Npc= X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:1991:b0:2f0:1a19:f3f1 with SMTP id 38308e7fff4ca-2f751eaece2mr21947461fa.7.1725636330129; Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:25:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20240831223232.59981-1-rebecca@bsdio.com> <1b111e7f-7153-474b-8656-53ce289abb2a@os.amperecomputing.com> In-Reply-To: <1b111e7f-7153-474b-8656-53ce289abb2a@os.amperecomputing.com> From: "Ard Biesheuvel via groups.io" Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 17:25:17 +0200 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] Emulator/X86EmulatorDxe: Replace with MultiArchUefiPkg build To: Rebecca Cran Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io, andrei.warkentin@intel.com, Rebecca Cran , "quic_llindhol@quicinc.com" , "Kinney, Michael D" Precedence: Bulk List-Subscribe: List-Help: Sender: devel@edk2.groups.io List-Id: Mailing-List: list devel@edk2.groups.io; contact devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:25:32 -0700 Resent-From: ardb@kernel.org Reply-To: devel@edk2.groups.io,ardb@kernel.org List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click List-Unsubscribe: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-GND-Status: LEGIT Authentication-Results: spool.mail.gandi.net; dkim=pass header.d=groups.io header.s=20240830 header.b=CXEFDpF9; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=groups.io; spf=pass (spool.mail.gandi.net: domain of bounce@groups.io designates 45.79.224.7 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=bounce@groups.io On Fri, 6 Sept 2024 at 16:22, Rebecca Cran wrote: > > Hi Andrei, > > > I've been talking to a few people about X86EmulatorPkg and their > experience with it hasn't been positive: apparently there are lots of > cases where it's failed to work (i.e. caused crashes) which is why it's > not been more widely used. > Interestingly, since the original release in 2017, around which I did receive some feedback, I have not received a single piece of feedback (positive or negative) ever since. So while I'm happy that there is a better solution for them now, I'm kind of annoyed by the fact that not a single person ever bothered to report any issue that they encountered while using the original version. > Since suggesting they try MultiArchUefiPkg they've said it's working > much better, and in fact some people have proceeded with enabling it in > their firmware. > arm64 firmware? Or RISC-V? There are many more options now for native drivers on arm64, so I'd expect the relevance of this hack to diminish but I guess RISC-V is at a different point on this curve. > > I'm a bit confused about the licensing of MultiArchUefiPkg given the > license file says it's LGPL while it uses the GPL-licensed Unicorn library. > > Does that mean the overall licensing for it will be GPL? > LGPL is more permissive, so the combined work cannot be used under the LGPL terms only under GPL (with the usual disclaimer of me not being a lawyer) Note that it doesn't really matter for edk2-non-osi as long as the LICENSE file is accurate. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#120523): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/120523 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108202804/7686176 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [rebecca@openfw.io] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-