Thread (20 messages) 20 messages, 3 authors, 2025-05-12

Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc/pseries: Correct secvar format representation for static key management

From: Andrew Donnellan <hidden>
Date: 2025-05-07 06:25:42
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On Tue, 2025-05-06 at 15:27 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
quoted
It might be better to use something like "ibm,plpks-sb-static" in
place
of "ibm,plpks-sb-v0" to make it instantly clear that static mode
doesn't use the same version numbering scheme as dynamic mode.
Yes, "ibm,plpks-sb-static" is more clear compared to "ibm,plpks-sb-
v0".  
However, I am not sure why "static mode doesn't use the same version 
numbering scheme as dynamic mode". Infact, as per my understanding, 
it 
is part of same versioning system. "0 represent static, 1 represent 
dynamic and anything beyond 1 would mean dynamic with additional
features".

Also, wouldn't having "ibm,pkpks-sb-static" and then "ibm,pkpk-sb-v1"
for dynamic would be bit confusing? I mean being static is clear, but
what they relate v1 to? Or did you mean to have "ibm,plpks-sb-static"
and "ibm,plpks-sb-dynamic"  for the two modes?
I don't feel strongly about this, as long as it's well documented.

-- 
Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@linux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited
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