CCing debian-kernel and one of the Debian kernel team members On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, at 9:10 PM, Thomas Weißschuh via rb-general wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am the author of the CONFIG_MODULE_HASHES patchset [0] for the Linux kernel > which aims to enable reproducible kernel packages for Linux distributions. > My goal is to reignite development and continue with the upstream process. > To have a better base to argue with I'd like to get some confirmation that > distributions have looked at the patches and do intent to adapt this scheme > when > it is available in the mainline kernel. That should help me get some leverage > with the upstream maintainers. > > The current form of the patches can be found at [1], they are only slightly > adapted from the previous submission to LKML. Remaining open topics before the > next submission are proper IMA support and stripping of modules. > Future changes may introduce more hash algorithms and performance > improvements, > but these should not be relvant for now. > > So if you are packaging Linux for your distribution, have looked at my > patches > and are eager to use them, please let me know. My plan is to talk with > the > upstream maintainers at the upcoming Linux Plumbers Conference on 11th > of December.
Hi Thomas, Hi Bastian, Given the recent discussion on IRC about this, I figured this might be the easiest way to get the ball rolling on potentially getting this patch series endorsed/.. by the Debian kernel team - or at least getting a written expression of interest or further discussion :) Thanks Thomas for continuing to work on this! Cheers, Fabian
