From 8097e3c34a496fc3a43238e9e4ff45d6b5674974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sakaki Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:29:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Note ability to sign modules in ALGORITHM DETAIL section. --- buildkernel.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/buildkernel.8 b/buildkernel.8 index aceb1f2..fe44896 100644 --- a/buildkernel.8 +++ b/buildkernel.8 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ cleans the kernel tree (if you specify \fB--clean\fR; you will be asked whether .IP \(bu 2 builds the kernel, and its modules, with the specified configuration; in this first pass, an empty initramfs is used (since it must be incorporated in the kernel, to be protected by UEFI secure boot, but we don't have everything necessary to include in it, yet!); .IP \(bu 2 -builds any external modules (such as those required for VirtualBox), using \fBemerge @module-rebuild\fR, if you so specify (using the option \fB--rebuild-external-modules\fR); +builds any external modules (such as those required for VirtualBox), using \fBemerge @module-rebuild\fR, if you so specify (using the option \fB--rebuild-external-modules\fR), and optionally signs them (if you have set up the variables \fBKERNEL_SIGNING_CERT\fR and \fBKERNEL_SIGNING_KEY\fR in \fI/etc/buildkernel.conf\fR); .IP \(bu 2 creates a first cut of the initramfs using \fBgenkernel\fR(8) (see below for more details); this will contain \fBgenkernel\fR(8)'s \fBinit\fR(8) script, compiled modules, any necessary firmware (if you haven't deblobbed), and a minimal set of binaries; it does \fInot\fR at this point contain a static copy of \fBgpg\fR; .IP \(bu 2