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Do not build Intel content restriction modules
These kernel modules are only usable if the GPU is attached to dom0. However, dom0 never has the userspace programs needed to use these modules, so the modules are unused. Worse, if mei_hdcp *was* used, it would allow external displays (which are not trusted) to communicate with the (closed-source and often out-of-date) CSME firmware, which is even more privileged than dom0.
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# CONFIG_XEN_VIRTIO is not set
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## INTEL_MEI_HDCP is for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, and
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## INTEL_MEI_PXP is for Protected Xe Path. Since the Intel CSME must never
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## be passed through to a VM, these are only usable if there is an i915 GPU
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## attached to dom0. However, dom0 does not include any programs that can
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## use these modules, so the modules are unused. Worse, if mei_hdcp *was*
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## used, it would allow external displays (which are not trusted) to
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## communicate with the (closed-source and often out-of-date) CSME
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## firmware, which is even more privileged than dom0.
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# CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_HDCP is not set
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# CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_PXP is not set
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## TODO: from diff to old config
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