Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto keys and module signing

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Fri Dec 09 2011 - 09:20:17 EST


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On 12/9/2011 1:17 AM, David Howells wrote:
> James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Could you pull my module signing code into the security tree?
>>> The patches can be viewed here:
>>
>> I'm getting this build error:
>>
>> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `kernel.pub', needed by
>> `kernel/modsign-pubkey.o'. Stop.
>
> If you turn module signing on, you have to supply keys for it to
> sign things with and to later verify the signature...
>
> I wonder what the best way to deal with that is... I guess make
> allyesconfig and make allmodconfig are going to break otherwise.

the best way to deal is to have KBUILD generate a key on demand ;-)

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