arm64/efi/linux: Implement LoadFile2 initrd loading protocol for Linux

Recent Linux kernels will invoke the LoadFile2 protocol installed on
a well-known vendor media path to load the initrd if it is exposed by
the firmware. Using this method is preferred for two reasons:
  - the Linux kernel is in charge of allocating the memory, and so it can
    implement any placement policy it wants (given that these tend to
    change between kernel versions),
  - it is no longer necessary to modify the device tree provided by the
    firmware.

So let's install this protocol when handling the "initrd" command if
such a recent kernel was detected (based on the PE/COFF image version),
and defer loading the initrd contents until the point where the kernel
invokes the LoadFile2 protocol.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>
Tested-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
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Ard Biesheuvel authored and Daniel Kiper committed 2022-10-27 20:09:05 +02:00
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@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct known_protocol
{ GRUB_EFI_ABSOLUTE_POINTER_PROTOCOL_GUID, "absolute pointer" },
{ GRUB_EFI_DRIVER_BINDING_PROTOCOL_GUID, "EFI driver binding" },
{ GRUB_EFI_LOAD_FILE_PROTOCOL_GUID, "load file" },
{ GRUB_EFI_LOAD_FILE2_PROTOCOL_GUID, "load file2" },
{ GRUB_EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL_GUID, "simple FS" },
{ GRUB_EFI_TAPE_IO_PROTOCOL_GUID, "tape I/O" },
{ GRUB_EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL_GUID, "unicode collation" },