From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 03:12:19 +0000 Message-ID: <20121106031219.GB24235@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20121104042802.GA11295@srcf.ucam.org> <1352020487.2427.5.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20121104135251.GA17894@srcf.ucam.org> <87d2zsmv8r.fsf@xmission.com> <509766DB.9090906@zytor.com> <87625kh5r2.fsf@xmission.com> <20121105123858.GB4374@srcf.ucam.org> <87sj8nc137.fsf@xmission.com> <20121105202557.GA16076@srcf.ucam.org> <87hap3zbw7.fsf@xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87hap3zbw7.fsf-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , James Bottomley , Pavel Machek , Chris Friesen , Eric Paris , Jiri Kosina , Oliver Neukum , Alan Cox , Josh Boyer , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-security-module-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:46:32PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: > > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 11:16:12AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >> Matthew Garrett writes: > >> > No, in the general case the system will do that once it fails to find a > >> > bootable OS on the drive. > >> > >> In the general case there will be a bootable OS on the drive. > > > > That's in no way a given. > > You have it backwards. The conclusion here is that having a case where > a non-interactive install is possible is not a given. I deal with customers who perform non-interactive installs. The fact that you don't care about that use case is entirely irrelevant to me, because you're not the person that I am obliged to satisfy. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org