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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	Torben Hohn <torben.hohn@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] ubifs: support authentication without hmac
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:51:25 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <667429184.71186.1593417085045.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200629074814.CBCA12400D6@gemini.denx.de>

Wolfgang,

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Wolfgang Denk" <wd@denx.de>
> An: "richard" <richard@nod.at>
> CC: "Alexander Dahl" <ada@thorsis.com>, "Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>, "linux-mtd"
> <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>, "Torben Hohn" <torben.hohn@linutronix.de>
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juni 2020 09:48:14
> Betreff: Re: [PATCH 0/1] ubifs: support authentication without hmac

> Dear Richard,
> 
> In message <1067478399.71066.1593414287623.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> you wrote:
>> 
>> > I tried to find out more about using UBI static volumes in general and for
>> > that usecase, but neither http://linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html nor
>> > http://linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/ubi.html point me in a direction where to
>> > find real world examples to look at. Are there any boards in the wild using
>> > this? Maybe with defconfigs in U-Boot already?
>> 
>> U-Boot choose the UBIFS way AFAICT.
> 
> No, U-Boot does not implement any preferences here, i. e. both
> methods can be used out of the box.  It is just the preference of
> the user who decides which way to go - using the file system seems
> more flexible to some unsers, while others care about the additional
> boot time needed to mount the file system or the additional memory
> footprint needed for the file system code.
> 
> Your choice.

Good to know! Thanks for pointing this out.

I think for most users reading from a filesystem feels more natural
since on other storage systems this is the only way to go.

Thanks,
//richard

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Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-25 15:59 [PATCH 0/1] ubifs: support authentication without hmac Torben Hohn
2020-06-25 15:59 ` [PATCH 1/1] ubifs: support authentication, for ro mount, when no key is given Torben Hohn
2020-06-26  4:31   ` Sascha Hauer
2020-06-26  7:27     ` Torben Hohn
2020-06-26  7:53       ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-26  8:10       ` Sascha Hauer
2020-06-26  9:39         ` Torben Hohn
2020-06-26  8:09 ` [PATCH 0/1] ubifs: support authentication without hmac Richard Weinberger
2020-06-29  6:46   ` Alexander Dahl
2020-06-29  7:04     ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-29  7:48       ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-06-29  7:51         ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2020-06-30  5:50           ` Wolfgang Denk
2020-06-30 13:36       ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-30 14:36         ` Alexander Dahl
2020-06-26 11:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Torben Hohn
2020-06-26 11:29   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] ubifs: move #include "debug.h" above auth.c Torben Hohn
2020-06-26 11:29   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] ubifs: support authentication, for ro mount, when no key is given Torben Hohn
2020-06-26 11:29   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] ubifs: sprinkle ubifs_assert(c, !c->ro_mount) in hmac auth Torben Hohn
2020-06-26 11:29   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] ubifs: prevent remounting rw when no hmac key was given Torben Hohn
2020-06-26 12:27     ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-29  8:53       ` Torben Hohn
2020-06-29 10:52         ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-26 14:16   ` [PATCH v2 0/4] ubifs: support authentication without hmac Richard Weinberger
2020-06-26 14:36     ` Richard Weinberger
2020-06-29  9:13       ` Torben Hohn
2020-06-29  9:07     ` Torben Hohn
2020-06-29 10:46       ` Richard Weinberger
2020-07-02 14:40         ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-02 15:00           ` Richard Weinberger
2020-07-02 18:48             ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-02 19:03               ` Richard Weinberger
2020-07-03  8:16                 ` bigeasy
2020-07-03  8:20                   ` Richard Weinberger
2020-07-03  9:12                 ` Thomas Gleixner

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