linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match current availability of firmware images

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Message-ID: <58bc54d3-0abf-4d51-a592-465507f91bf8@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:47:13 -0800
From: "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
To: Anisse Astier <anisse@...ier.eu>
CC: <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj.linux@...il.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, "Hans
 de Goede" <hdegoede@...hat.com>, Ilpo J??rvinen
	<ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>, "Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match
 current availability of firmware images



On 1/20/2025 12:20 PM, Anisse Astier wrote:
> Hi Jithu,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 02, 2025 at 01:40:23PM -0800, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/2/2025 11:43 AM, Anisse Astier wrote:
>>> I realize Intel had a few troubled years, and that having this feature
>>> in the kernel must be quite helpful to some users. But right now, it
>>> cannot be used unless one has a commercial relationship with Intel.
>>>
>>> I am not advocating for the removal of this driver; this is just an
>>> update of the documentation to show that the publication of the firmware
>>> images necessary to use the driver might have fallen through the cracks,
>>> and might not happen soon.
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this up ... apologies for the delay in making the images publicly available.
>> We have reached out to internal teams to speed this up.
>>
>> I will update the the documentation (or respond here) when I have more info
>>
>> In the meantime, I am okay with updating the documentation  to reflect the current state of image availability
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jithu
> 
> Did you get any update?

Things have started moving internally towards this. I do anticipate at-least a few more weeks before having
a sharable link.

> 
> Do you think this doc patch could be queued for 6.14 or 6.15 ?

I don't have any objection in merging this doc patch with minor changes to commit message to indicate that only the 
scan test portion of the IFS test suite is affected by the lack of public image availability  ... 

I will comment on that in a separate reply



Thanks
Jithu