linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 00/19] x86: Trenchboot secure dynamic launch Linux kernel support

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Message-ID: <d96f9c5e-64ed-4c28-a8ad-e22daea19742@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:52:49 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 00/19] x86: Trenchboot secure dynamic launch Linux
 kernel support

On 4/21/25 09:26, Ross Philipson wrote:
> The larger focus of the TrenchBoot project (https://github.com/TrenchBoot) is to
> enhance the boot security and integrity in a unified manner.

Hey Folks,

It isn't immediately apparent what these 5,000 lines of code do which is
new, why they are important to users and who will use them. I've
wondered this from v1 and I was hoping it would have gotten better by
v14, but alas...

Purely from the amount of interest and review tags and the whole "v14"
thing, it doesn't look like this is very important to anyone. Not to be
to flippant about it, but if nobody else cares, why should I (or the
other x86 maintainers)?