[PATCH 0/1] ubifs: support authentication without hmac

[Richard Weinberger]

Wolfgang,

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> Von: "Wolfgang Denk" <wd at denx.de>
> An: "richard" <richard at nod.at>
> CC: "Alexander Dahl" <ada at thorsis.com>, "Sascha Hauer" <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>, "linux-mtd"
> <linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org>, "Torben Hohn" <torben.hohn at 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 at 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