linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v16 01/13] hp-bioscfg: Documentation

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 08:16:43 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Jorge Lopez <jorgealtxwork@...il.com>
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas@...ch.de,
        ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 01/13] hp-bioscfg: Documentation

Hi,

On 6/5/23 06:32, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 5:55 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/2/23 06:10, Jorge Lopez wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jorge Lopez <jorge.lopez2@...com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Based on the latest platform-drivers-x86.git/for-next
>>> ---
>>>  .../testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes   | 101 +++++++++++++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
>>> index 4cdba3477176..df9904b9f39c 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes

>>> @@ -364,3 +393,71 @@ Description:
>>>               use it to enable extra debug attributes or BIOS features for testing purposes.
>>>
>>>               Note that any changes to this attribute requires a reboot for changes to take effect.
>>> +
>>> +
>>> +             HP specific class extensions - Secure Platform Manager (SPM)
>>> +             --------------------------------
>>> +
>>> +What:                /sys/class/firmware-attributes/*/authentication/SPM/kek
>>> +Date:                March 2023
>>> +KernelVersion:       5.18
>>
>> Why 5.18 and that date?
> 
> It is the minimum kernel version where firmware-attributes are
> supported and date when we expected hp-bioscfg driver support to be
> available.
> The driver, kernel versions and date changes weekly so we were placing
> those dates and versions as tentative.
> Any suggestions for Date and KernelVersion fields?
> 

No, sorry. But the different dates and versions are confusing.


Thanks for the answers.

-- 
~Randy