Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] OvmfPkg: raise DXEFV size to 14.5 MB in the traditional platform FDFs

["Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>]

  Hi,

> In particular I suspect (but have no proof) that the OpenSSL 3.0 update
> led to a size explosion. This latest increase both comes sooner and is
> larger than the previous ones.

Yes, it's openssl 3.

> It could likely be mitigated by including the crypto driver in OVMF (as
> opposed to linking openssl into every driver statically). But that just
> re-raises the age-old question: how do you find the minimal openssl
> service *set*, for the crypto driver, such that at OVMF runtime, all
> service requests can be satisfied?
> 
> (And, including the full crypto service set in the crypto DXE driver is
> much worse than the current state (= static linking) -- I think I once
> tested that, and the crypto DXE driver ended up so big that it
> outweighed the static linking savings on all the other DXE drivers
> combined. So trimming the feature set in the crypto DXE driver is
> essential, but I don't know how it can be made *guaranteed* safe.)

Played with the crypto driver a while back, guess I should undust those
patches and resend them.

IIRC the crypto driver is not useful for PEI (size increase), but can be
useful for DXE:  The driver is large but it is a net win nevertheless in
case there is more than one user, i.e. builds with both TLS and secure
boot support enabled.

take care,
  Gerd



-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.
View/Reply Online (#108768): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/108768
Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/101315785/7686176
Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io
Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [rebecca@openfw.io]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-