Re: [RFC PATCH v1] module: sign with sha512 by default to avoid build errors

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 11.10.24 12:27, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 10.10.24 17:52, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Thx for your feedback!
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:57 AM Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 10.10.24 10:42, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:29 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> On 10.10.24 09:00, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>
>>> P.S.: Vegard Nossum mentioned in the fediverse that I could also solve
>>> the problem the patch is about by adding "default MODULE_SIG_SHA512" to
>>> the "choice" section; haven't tried that, but that sounds like a better
>>> solution. Will likely give it a try, unless someone brings up unwanted
>>> side effects this might cause.
>>
>> Yes, that would be a much better way to change the default. Overall,
>> moving away from SHA-1 seems like a good idea and SHA-512 feels like a
>> reasonable choice. Luis, do you see any issues with changing the
>> default here?
> 
> So, how do I make such a default choice work without breaking the
> current magic, which looks like this:
> [...]

Ignore that, I was missing something obvious and got mislead by my
brain, sorry for the noise. Will send a updated patch in a few days to
give Luis and others a chance to raise objections reg. switching to SHA512.

Ciao, Thorsten