Date:   Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:27:16 +0100
From:   Michal =?iso-8859-1?Q?Such=E1nek?= <msuchanek@suse.de>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Philipp Rudo <prudo@redhat.com>, Nayna <nayna@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        keyrings@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
        linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
        Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
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        Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] KEXEC_SIG with appended signature
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 08:10:10AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-11-24 at 12:09 +0100, Philipp Rudo wrote:
> > Now Michal wants to adapt KEXEC_SIG for ppc too so distros can rely on all
> > architectures using the same mechanism and thus reduce maintenance cost.
> > On the way there he even makes some absolutely reasonable improvements
> > for everybody.
> > 
> > Why is that so controversial? What is the real problem that should be
> > discussed here?
> 
> Nothing is controversial with what Michal wants to do.  I've already
> said, "As for adding KEXEC_SIG appended signature support on PowerPC
> based on the s390 code, it sounds reasonable."

Ok, I will resend the series with the arch-specific changes first to be
independent of the core cleanup.

Thanks

Michal