linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

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Message-ID: <20121106131743.GB1818@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:17:44 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 09:12:17AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> - is it worth Red Hat doing - that's up to Red Hat's business managers
> 
> - is it worth merging into the kernel - that's not
> 
> The capability bit is small and clean the rest of it is beginning to look
> far too ugly for upstream right now. Not to say it might not end up small
> and clean in the end.

I absolutely agree - the code has to be good enough to be accepted 
upstream and I've no objection to being told that better implementations 
must be produced. I do object to being told that there's no point in 
trying to find an acceptable implementation.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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