linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] intel

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Message-ID: <20171122110056.3536wfyh4gnaglks@pd.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:00:56 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Jethro Beekman <jethro@...tanix.com>
Cc:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 11/11] intel_sgx: driver documentation

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 04:27:45PM -0800, Jethro Beekman wrote:
> See http://www.spinics.net/lists/platform-driver-x86/msg13829.html under
> "Launch control". Essentially, firmware can make it so that user has no
> control over IA32_SGXLEPUBKEYHASHn value.

... and we're back full circle to my initial objection: firmware should
not be doing anything here. The user should.

The mail you're quoting is the same subthread we are at.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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