On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 12:23:37PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Please consider the commits below for backporting to v5.15. These > patches are prerequisites for the backport of the x86 EFI stub > refactor that is needed for distros to sign v5.15 images for secure > boot in a way that complies with new MS requirements for memory > protections while running in the EFI firmware. What old distros still care about this for a kernel that was released in 2021? I can almost understand this for 6.1.y and newer, but why for this one too? thanks, greg k-h