[PATCH 0/3] KEXEC_SIG with appended signature

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.ibm.com
Thu Nov 25 00:10:10 AEDT 2021


On Wed, 2021-11-24 at 12:09 +0100, Philipp Rudo wrote:
> Now Michal wants to adapt KEXEC_SIG for ppc too so distros can rely on all
> architectures using the same mechanism and thus reduce maintenance cost.
> On the way there he even makes some absolutely reasonable improvements
> for everybody.
> 
> Why is that so controversial? What is the real problem that should be
> discussed here?

Nothing is controversial with what Michal wants to do.  I've already
said, "As for adding KEXEC_SIG appended signature support on PowerPC
based on the s390 code, it sounds reasonable."

thanks,

Mimi



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