Linux Kernel 5.18 Released, Enables Creepy Secret Intel Payware CPU's w SDSi

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-kernel-5-18-arrives-heres-whats-new/
https://github.com/intel/intel-sdsi

https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/19/intel_sdsi/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SDSi-Platform-x86-Queued
https://lwn.net/Articles/884876/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Software-Defined-Silicon
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210924213157.3584061-2-david.e.box@linux.intel.com/

The SDSi driver provides an interface for applications to provision
an "authentication key certificate" that's written to memory and
used to authenticate a "capability activation payload".