Re: [PATCH v7] Introduction-of-HP-BIOSCFG-driver-documentation

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 04:15:48PM -0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> HP BIOS Configuration driver purpose is to provide a driver supporting
> the latest sysfs class firmware attributes framework allowing the user
> to change BIOS settings and security solutions on HP Inc.’s commercial
> notebooks.
> 
> Many features of HP Commercial notebooks can be managed using Windows
> Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is an implementation of Web-Based
> Enterprise Management (WBEM) that provides a standards-based interface
> for changing and monitoring system settings. HP BIOSCFG driver provides
> a native Linux solution and the exposed features facilitates the
> migration to Linux environments.
> 
> The Linux security features to be provided in hp-bioscfg driver enables
> managing the BIOS settings and security solutions via sysfs, a virtual
> filesystem that can be used by user-mode applications. The new 
> documentation cover features such Secure Platform Management and Sure 
> Start. Each section provides security feature description and identifies 
> sysfs directories and files exposed by the driver.
> 
> Many HP Commercial notebooks include a feature called Secure Platform
> Management (SPM), which replaces older password-based BIOS settings
> management with public key cryptography. PC secure product management
> begins when a target system is provisioned with cryptographic keys
> that are used to ensure the integrity of communications between system
> management utilities and the BIOS.
> 
> HP Commercial notebooks have several BIOS settings that control its 
> behaviour and capabilities, many of which are related to security. 
> To prevent unauthorized changes to these settings, the system can be 
> configured to use a cryptographic signature-based authorization string 
> that the BIOS will use to verify authorization to modify the setting.

If this is single patch, I'd like to write the patch subject as
"Documentation: sysfs: document HP-specific firmware attributes".

And also, adjust the patch description accordingly, since as it is
written above, it looks like general documentation of HP-specific feature
(which should be in actual diff).

> Version 7
> 	Includes only sysfs-class-firmware-attributes documentation

Where is the rest of patches if this is a series? Had they been merged?

Thanks.

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