Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Update documentation to match current availability of firmware images

["Joseph, Jithu" <jithu.joseph@intel.com>]

On 1/2/2025 11:43 AM, Anisse Astier wrote:
> Firmware images necessary for the In-field scan[1] functionality are not
> available at the moment[2], and require having access to at least an
> Intel customer account[3].
> 
> Update documentation to match current state, it can be updated again
> when the images are finally published.
> 
> [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000099537/processors/intel-xeon-processors.html
> [2] https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/826383?explicitVersion=true
> [3] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/secure/design/confidential/software-kits/kit-details.html?kitId=815180
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anisse Astier <anisse@astier.eu>
> ---
> I realize Intel had a few troubled years, and that having this feature
> in the kernel must be quite helpful to some users. But right now, it
> cannot be used unless one has a commercial relationship with Intel.
> 
> I am not advocating for the removal of this driver; this is just an
> update of the documentation to show that the publication of the firmware
> images necessary to use the driver might have fallen through the cracks,
> and might not happen soon.

Thanks for bringing this up ... apologies for the delay in making the images publicly available.
We have reached out to internal teams to speed this up.

I will update the the documentation (or respond here) when I have more info

In the meantime, I am okay with updating the documentation  to reflect the current state of image availability


Thanks
Jithu