linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 1/4] drivers: firmware: Add user encrypted key load API support

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Message-ID: <YMCP/+uYMun478Z9@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 11:55:11 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@...inx.com>
Cc:     robh+dt@...nel.org, michal.simek@...inx.com, mdf@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/4] drivers: firmware: Add user encrypted key load API
 support

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 11:22:29AM +0530, Nava kishore Manne wrote:
> This patch adds user encrypted key load API to support
> User key encrypted images loading use cases from Linux.

What is "user key encrypted images"?  Do we need more documentation here
for what this is and how to use it?

And why is "User" capitalized?

thanks,

greg k-h