Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/3] TXT: Intel(R) TXT and tboot kernel support

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Thu Oct 09 2008 - 13:25:26 EST


Cihula, Joseph wrote:
--- a/security/Kconfig Mon Oct 06 12:50:47 2008 -0700
+++ b/security/Kconfig Tue Oct 07 00:13:02 2008 -0700
@@ -115,6 +115,23 @@ config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable.
+config TXT

This should be X86_TXT; perhaps even X86_INTEL_TXT unless someone else is likely to implement this stuff. ("TXT" is awfully generic.)


+ bool "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (TXT)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && X86
+ help
+ This option enables support for booting the kernel with
+ the Trusted Boot (tboot) module. This will utilize
+ Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) to perform a
+ measured launch of the kernel. If the system does not
+ support TXT, this will have no effect.
+
+ See <http://www.intel.com/technology/security/> for more
+ information about Intel(R) TXT.
+ And see <http://tboot.sourceforge.net> for more information
+ about tboot.
+
+ If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
+
source security/selinux/Kconfig
source security/smack/Kconfig

J
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