linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tee: add OP-TEE driver

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Message-ID: <20150418184903.GB30508@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:49:03 +0200
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Javier González <javier@...igon.com>
Cc:	Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Valentin Manea <valentin.manea@...wei.com>,
	jean-michel.delorme@...com, emmanuel.michel@...com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tee: add OP-TEE driver

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 11:36:53AM +0200, Javier González wrote:
> Hi,

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

> We have discussed and implemented an in-kernel interface for the driver.
> However, we need to agree on that interface with the kernel submodules that
> can be interested in using it (e.g., IMA, keyring). We though it was easier
> to have a framework in place before taking this space. This makes sense
> since a TEE driver will be, as for today, mostly used by user space.
> applications.

No, please provide a "real" solution, just providing a framework that no
one uses means that I get to delete it from the kernel tree the next
release, and I doubt you want that :)

Please do all of the work here, as odds are, what you need in the end
will be different from what you have proposed here.

thanks,

greg k-h
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