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On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 04:34:29PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 02:31:46AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > 
> > It's a bummer but uapi is the god in the end. Since TPM does not do it
> > today, that behaviour must be supported forever. That's why a boot option
> > AND a warning would be the best compromise.
> 
> It's not UAPI if there is no way for userspace to tell if it changed.

Exactly.  UAPI is only an issue if something *breaks*.

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