From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarkko Sakkinen Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 18/23] platform/x86: Intel SGX driver Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:08:14 -0800 Message-ID: <20181128050814.GA8842@linux.intel.com> References: <20181116010412.23967-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20181116010412.23967-19-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com> <20181119161917.GF13298@linux.intel.com> <20181120120442.GA22172@linux.intel.com> <20181122111253.GA31150@wind.enjellic.com> <20181123103923.GA13851@wind.enjellic.com> <20181124164534.GC30310@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181124164534.GC30310@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Dr. Greg" Cc: Andy Lutomirski , X86 ML , Platform Driver , linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org, Dave Hansen , "Christopherson, Sean J" , nhorman@redhat.com, npmccallum@redhat.com, "Ayoun, Serge" , shay.katz-zamir@intel.com, haitao.huang@linux.intel.com, Andy Shevchenko , Thomas Gleixner , "Svahn, Kai" , mark.shanahan@intel.com, Suresh Siddha , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , Darren Hart , Andy Shevchenko , LKML List-Id: platform-driver-x86.vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 08:45:34AM -0800, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 04:39:23AM -0600, Dr. Greg wrote: > > Jarkko, when this driver lands it will set the SGX ABI in stone for > > Linux. It would be very, very helpful to the development community if > > there was some official guidance from Intel on whether or not FLC will > > be a universal feature on all hardware and the date that is going to > > happen or has happened. > > I seriously don't know but I can take this message to the mothership... LC enabling is essentially a platform vendors choice, not Intels choice, like many other CPU features that Linux is dependent on. Of course, if Linux ends supporting only LC that will without doubt have a big impact on vendors so in that way it is indirectly also communitys choice. /Jarkko