[libvirt] [qemu RFC v2] qapi: add "firmware.json"

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Wed Apr 18 12:23:12 UTC 2018


  Hi,

> Hmmm, I'm not sure I agree. One use case is that you want a domain
> config in which well-known OS-es, signed by the MS UEFI certs, just boot
> with SB enabled. (Some of our internal folks really want this.)
> 
> Another use case is that you want a domain in which SB *can* be enabled,
> but your installer is signed with a different certificate chain (or it
> is unsigned), and with *just* the MS certs enrolled, it wouldn't boot at
> all. So you want the SB *feature*, but definitely not the initial
> enrollment / SB *operational mode*.

So "secure-boot-enrolled-keys" also has SB turned on.

> For me to understand you better, are you suggesting merely that I:
> 
> - rename @secure-boot-enrolled-keys to @enrolled-keys, and
> 
> - drop the reference to @secure-boot from the end of the @enrolled-keys
>   documentation paragraph? (Namely, "@secure-boot-enrolled-keys is only
>   valid if the firmware also supports @secure-boot").

Yes.  So "secure-boot" specifies "firmware binary supports secure-boot"
and "enrolled-keys" specifies "firmware nvram template has keys enrolled
(and SB enabled).

Other question:  Do we want allow to specify which certs/keys are
enrolled?  Which would probably mean to drop "enrolled-keys" from
features and make it an optional string instead, then specify
"'enrolled-keys' : 'Microsoft'" in the json file.

cheers,
  Gerd




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