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Jarkko SakkinenQuick recipes to get OVMF and AAVMF anywhere:OVMF:<pre><code>curl -sSf <a href="https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/ovmf-0.0.202308-r2.apk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/ovmf-0.0.202308-r2.apk</a> | tar zx --strip-components 3 usr/share/OVMF/OVMF.fd </code></pre>AAVMF:<pre><code>curl -sSf <a href="https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/aarch64/aavmf-0.0.202308-r2.apk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/aarch64/aavmf-0.0.202308-r2.apk</a> | tar xz --strip-components 3 usr/share/AAVMF/QEMU_EFI.fd </code></pre>Distributions place these files in variable places when they deploy QEMU and EDK2 so it is is good to have ubiquitous method for acquiring them for e.g. kernel testing.<a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/alpinelinux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpinelinux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/qemu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qemu</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/edk2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/ovmf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ovmf</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/aavmf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aavmf</a>

David RungeThis fine evening on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CursedProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CursedProjects</a>: Trying to build <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EDK2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EDK2</a> without crying too much.The build is again broken on so many levels, it's quite frustrating tbh.Having to deal with a super custom (and frankly quite horrific) build system and an entire boatload of git submodules sure doesn't help in even understanding what is going wrong. 👌 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArchLinux</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PackagerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PackagerLife</a>

Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EDK2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EDK2</a> (TianoCore) switched away from emailing patches to GitHub pull requests for contributions. This will make things a lot easier for contributing to the most commonly used framework for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UEFI</a> firmware.See: <a href="https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/119311" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/119311</a>

Marcin Juszkiewicz 🙃ArmCpuInfo v1.2.0 released.Some updates to be in sync with 2023-12 Arm A-profile Architecture Registers document.Support for DFR1, FPFR0, ISAR3, MMFR4 and PFR2 will be added in one of future versions.<a href="https://github.com/hrw/edk2-armcpuinfo/releases/tag/v1.2.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/hrw/edk2-armcpuinfo/releases/tag/v1.2.0</a><a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/tags/aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aarch64</a> <a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arm</a> <a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/tags/edk2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> <a href="https://society.oftrolls.com/tags/efi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#efi</a>

Adam Williamson :fedora:today: * confirmed <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/-/merge_requests/159" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-desktop/-/merge_requests/159</a> still has issues for <a href="https://mstdn.social/@halfline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@halfline</a> * filed a bug on a problem with recent <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/edk2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> update: <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241388" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241388</a> * reported a problem in a Firefox update caught by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openqa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openqa</a> - <a href="https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-979ca3c3ef#comment-3228083" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-979ca3c3ef#comment-3228083</a> * went ahead and built fail2ban for Rawhide and F39: <a href="https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-e36c5fb76b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-e36c5fb76b</a> * rewrote <a href="https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/pull-request/304" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/pull-request/304</a> a bit, testing it now

David RungeStarting to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bisect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bisect</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/edk2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ovmf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ovmf</a> stuff because the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/microvm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microvm</a> blobs don't build anymore since last release...If only they had a build system that is at least somewhat comprehensive and not a bizarre monster of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shell</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> scripts mangled together with some <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/make" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#make</a> and other bits and pieces 🥺 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archlinux</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/packagerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#packagerlife</a>

David RungeSpending some cycles on refining the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/qemu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qemu</a> package on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archlinux</a>. Now with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arm</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/uefi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uefi</a> support!Still need to fix up <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/edk2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> to enroll some common certificates in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firmware</a> blobs. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/secureboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secureboot</a>

Senzilla 🌱Great suggestions by <a href="https://spacepub.space/accounts/ddevault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ddevault</a> about how <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@PINE64</a> could change their community priorities for more impact. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ARM</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Aarch64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aarch64</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Pine64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pine64</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uboot</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/uefi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uefi</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/edk2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edk2</a> <a href="https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/18/Pine64s-weird-priorities.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/18/Pine64s-weird-priorities.html</a>

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