Re: Should we automatically generate a module signing key at all?

From: Michal Marek
Date: Wed May 20 2015 - 03:47:31 EST


Dne 20.5.2015 v 00:23 David Howells napsal(a):
> For my own purposes when running kernels on my test machines, I build kernels
> with all the necessary drivers built in and boot them directly out of the
> build tree by PXE. Then I copy any modules I'm testing by scp and use them.
> I don't generally use signed modules anymore because the modules aren't signed
> during the build phase but rather during the module installation phase (which
> isn't of any use to me).

If you really wanted, you could do

make INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$pwd/tmp modules_install

and then scp the (signed) module tree in ./tmp.

Michal
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