From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754656Ab2FZXUi (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:20:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.syd.comcen.com.au ([203.23.236.77]:4324 "EHLO smtp.syd.comcen.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754321Ab2FZXUh (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:20:37 -0400 Message-ID: <4FEA4343.7080008@spin.net.au> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:18:27 +1000 From: Chris Jones User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120604 Firefox/13.0 SeaMonkey/2.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: UEFI and custom kernel References: <4FEA4102.2080900@spin.net.au> <20120627001925.56e350f8@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120627001925.56e350f8@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.181, required 4, AWL 0.32, BAYES_00 -2.60, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: chrisjones@spin.net.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > For x86 the UEFI "secure" boot requirement is that the user can > disable secure boot. For ARM it is that the user *cannot* disable > secure boot. So in the PC space at least it's "business as usual" > providing you jump that hoop, and hopefully with the tools sorted > it'll be viable to sign your own kernels and use your own keys. Alan Thanks Alan. I never realized that for x86 based hardware, nothing would change once disabled. In fact, I was not even aware that it could be disabled to begin with. Thank you. Regards -- Chris Jones @ kernel.devproject@gmail.com and oracle.kerneldev@gmail.com OpenSUSE Linux x86_64 (PC)|Android (Smartphone)|Windows 7 (Laptop)|Windows XP (Gaming) Linux kernel developer|Solaris kernel developer|Lead Developer of SDL|Lead Developer of Nest Linux Gamer and Emulator nut|Web Services|Digital Imaging Services Controllers: Rapier V2 Gaming mouse|Logitech Precision|PS3 controller|XB360 controller|Logitech Attack 3 j/stick Emulators: Fusion|Gens|ZSNES|Project64|PCSX-R|Stella|WinVICE|WinUAE|DOSBox