linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v0 2/8] keys-trusted: new cmd line option added

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Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2022 08:37:00 -0400
From:   Ben Boeckel <me@...boeckel.net>
To:     Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v0 2/8] keys-trusted: new cmd line option added

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 18:38:31 +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> Changes done:
> - new cmd line option "hw" needs to be suffix, to generate the
>   hw bound key.

`Documentation/` is silent on this. Can you please add this there?

Other than that, is `hw` really a good name for this? Are there virtual
devices for these things that can make them not hardware in some way?
Is there a better name in such a case? Maybe something "device"
oriented?

--Ben