On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 13:24 -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 11:33 -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > > Would it be possible to get CONFIG_INTEL_TXT enabled in the Fedora > > kernel x86 and x86_64 configs going forward? > > After some discussion with a couple of people on the Fedora kernel team > on IRC they decided that we should not enable CONFIG_INTEL_TXT until it > is useful for something other than a closed source binary blob which > Fedora is unable to distribute. We have messaged that Fedora was unable > to include the binary blob from Intel and it has been suggested that > they create an open module rather than forcing Linux users to trust some > part of their system security to an unknown binary blob. Hopefully you > can add your weight to that discussion and help intel see the need for > an open source blob. Don't forget to mention the more paranoid hand-waving about removing RAM chips at runtime with liquid nitrogen after going into suspend and hax0ring. I think there will be more upstream discussion anyway. Jon. _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
