linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/20] kbuild: scripts/install.sh: prepare for arch-specific bootloaders

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Message-ID: <202104082008.25EB080@keescook>
Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 20:08:49 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/20] kbuild: scripts/install.sh: prepare for
 arch-specific bootloaders

On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 07:34:04AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Despite the last release of LILO being in 2015, it seems that it is
> still the default x86 bootloader and wants to be called to "install" the
> new kernel image when it has been replaced on the disk.  To allow
> arch-specific programs like this to be called in future changes, move
> the logic to an arch-specific test now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook