linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:46:32 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] efi: Enhance capsule loader to support signed Quark images

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com> wrote:
> See patch 2 for the background.
>
> Series has been tested on the Galileo Gen2, to exclude regressions, with
> a firmware.cap without security header and the SIMATIC IOT2040 which
> requires the header because of its mandatory secure boot.

Briefly looking to the code it looks like a real hack.
Sorry, but it would be carefully (re-)designed.

Just my 2 cents.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko