linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:11:31 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>
Cc:     Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, lennart@...ttering.net,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86/boot: add .sbat section to the bzImage

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 09:41:23PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > Pointing to an external document that is thousands of lines long,
> > talking about bootloaders, is NOT a good way to get people to want to
> > accept a kernel patch :)
> 
> Then how about just asking for that? "Hello submitter, please send a
> v2 with a detailed summary of the problem being solved for those of us
> who are not familiar with it, thank you"

That is what our documentation states that the submitter should have
already done:
	https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes