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| From | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage |
| Date | 2016-11-25 10:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sHkG5-75A-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Include a random filled binary in vmlinux at the space reserved with > CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE. This results in an uncompressed reserved > area inside the bzImage as well, so that it can be replaced with an actual > certificate later (after the bzImage is distributed). You haven't said *why* you need an incompressible buffer. I presume it's something to do with the decompression wrapper. David
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[PATCH 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 05:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-11-25 10:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 1/4] KEYS: Insert incompressible bytes to reserve space in bzImage Mehmet Kayaalp <mkayaalp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-25 20:50 +0100
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