Re: GRUB 2.12 release - update

[Daniel Kiper]

Hi,

Quick update below...

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 04:52:09PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are getting closer to the 2.12 release. Sadly we still do not have
> many of important patch sets in the tree. So, I am going to spend more
> time on reviews in the following weeks. Below you can find my list of
> key patch sets which should land in the release:
>   - Dynamic allocation of memory regions and IBM vTPM v2,
>   - Unify ARM64 & RISC-V Linux Loader,
>   - Add support for LoongArch,
>   - plainmount: Support plain encryption mode,
>   - Glenn's tests fixes.
>
> Of course all patches which got my RB or are under review will be merged too.
>
> There is also "nice to have" list but I do not consider lack of this
> patch sets as release blockers:
>   - Add support for EFI file system transposition,
>   - term/serial: Add support for PCI serial devices,
>   - Add MMIO serial ports support and SPCR detection,
>   - Glenn's gdb patch set.
>
> I hope I will be able to review and merge all patch sets from first list
> during November. Then if everything goes well we will make code freeze
> in December and release at the beginning of next year, preferably in January.

Most of the patches from the list above are now under review or (almost)
ready for merging. I will push all patches which got my RB recently
after holidays.

(Sadly) we have to add UEFI NX patches to the list above due to
introduction of new requirements "for all applications to be signed by
the Microsoft third-party Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Certificate Authority (CA)" [1]. I hope relevant patches will appear on
the grub-devel in January or February.

> I am considering to not block merges for tests and documentation during
> code freeze.

Nothing changes here...

Happy holidays,

Daniel

[1] 
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/hardware-dev-center/new-uefi-ca-memory-mitigation-requirements-for-signing/ba-p/3608714