linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Change default key details [ver #2]

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:49:28 +0200
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	keyrings@...ux-nfs.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Change default key details [ver #2]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:50 PM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> This happened a 2nd time with a different kernel-series!
>> Not sure why this was the case.
>> It did not happen when rebuilding with the same kernel-config again.
>> Not sure if parallel-make-jobs might be a cause for this (see attached
>> build-script).
>
> Yeah.  I've had other reports, but I can't see anything obvious.  I have a
> suspicion there may be something not declared quite right in the makefile - or
> even a race in make -jN, but I don't know how to reproduce it.
>

Ah OK, (un)nice to read.

>> For my quick builds of rcN Linux-kernels I normally do not need
>> signing my modules.
>
> Me neither.  Having module signing done on installation, not during the build,
> is really inconvenient since I don't install the modules on my test machine
> but rather copy them over with scp after booting the kernel with tftp.
>
>> Attached is my simple build-script for generating Debian/Ubuntu kernel
>> packages via builddeb script.
>
> Do you have an rpmbuild version?
>

RPM? AFAICS Redhat Pro v7.2 was my last rpm-based distro :-).
I have plans to install some of the Linux "LTS" on a machine within an
honorary|unpaid project where people can switch from WinXP to Linux if
they like it - among others one or two rpm-based distro will be taken
into account.
1st there is a plan....................................................
Then plan "b" :-).

- Sedat -
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