Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6]

From	Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6]
Date	2017-01-11 16:00 +0100
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On Thu, 08 Dec, at 12:31:08PM, David Howells wrote:
> From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
> 
> UEFI machines can be booted in Secure Boot mode.  Add a EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit
> that can be passed to efi_enabled() to find out whether secure boot is
> enabled.
> 
> This will be used by the SysRq+x handler, registered by the x86 arch, to find
> out whether secure boot mode is enabled so that it can be disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/efi.h     |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

Before we add more efi.flags bits I'd like this series to include the
patch that makes use of EFI_SECURE_BOOT. Alternatively, you move this
last patch to a new series.

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Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6] Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2017-01-11 16:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6] David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-01-11 16:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6] Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2017-01-16 14:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 8/8] efi: Add EFI_SECURE_BOOT bit [ver #6] David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-01-16 16:50 +0100

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