linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 18/23] platform/x86: Intel SGX driver

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Message-ID: <e8e640be-6f9f-0835-0578-48f140ac68f9@fortanix.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:22:54 +0000
From:   Jethro Beekman <jethro@...tanix.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" 
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org>
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        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
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        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 18/23] platform/x86: Intel SGX driver

On 2018-11-19 20:36, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Question: should be dissolve the driver completely and move this code to
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ (and rename intel_sgx.c as main.c)? Swapping
> patch removes the possibility to compile this as a module anyway.

No. We should keep the capability to build this as a module for other 
users of SGX. What is the swapping patch and why doesn't allow building 
as a module?

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Jethro Beekman | Fortanix


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