On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 2:02 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 06:16:19AM -0500, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
>
> > +# @policy: the 'POLICY' parameter to the SNP_LAUNCH_START command, as
> > +#     defined in the SEV-SNP firmware ABI (default: 0x30000)
> > +#
> > +# @guest-visible-workarounds: 16-byte, base64-encoded blob to report
> > +#     hypervisor-defined workarounds, corresponding to the 'GOSVW'
> > +#     parameter of the SNP_LAUNCH_START command defined in the SEV-SNP
> > +#     firmware ABI (default: all-zero)
> > +#
> > +# @id-block: 96-byte, base64-encoded blob to provide the 'ID Block'
> > +#     structure for the SNP_LAUNCH_FINISH command defined in the
> > +#     SEV-SNP firmware ABI (default: all-zero)
> > +#
> > +# @id-auth: 4096-byte, base64-encoded blob to provide the 'ID
> > +#     Authentication Information Structure' for the SNP_LAUNCH_FINISH
> > +#     command defined in the SEV-SNP firmware ABI (default: all-zero)
> > +#
> > +# @auth-key-enabled: true if 'id-auth' blob contains the 'AUTHOR_KEY'
> > +#     field defined SEV-SNP firmware ABI (default: false)
>
> In 'id-auth', 'auth' is short for 'authentication'
>
> In 'auth-key-enabled', 'auth' is short for 'author'.
>
> Shortening 'authentication' is a compelling win. Shorting 'author'
> is not much of a win.
>
> So to make it less ambiguous, how about '@author-key-enabled' for
> the field ?

Good idea.

Paolo


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