Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi/libstub: take noinitrd cmdline argument into account for devpath initrd

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 at 18:33, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2/6/20 3:03 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > One of the advantages of using what basically amounts to a callback
> > interface into the bootloader for loading the initrd is that it provides
> > a natural place for the bootloader or firmware to measure the initrd
> > contents while they are being passed to the kernel.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is not a guarantee that the initrd will in fact be
> > loaded and its /init invoked by the kernel, since the command line may
> > contain the 'noinitrd' option, in which case the initrd is ignored, but
> > this will not be reflected in the PCR that covers the initrd measurement.
>
> Does PCR here refer to the TPM Platform Configuration Register?
>

Yes.



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