From: Arun Raghavan <ford_prefect@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] UEFI secure boot and Gentoo
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:15:28 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAO38tUqNiPif=+o_08gZ2LLg+HgWU=as1OS9NPaHpDr3wM2udQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120615042810.GA9480@kroah.com>
On 15 June 2012 09:58, Greg KH <gregkh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> So, anyone been thinking about this? I have, and it's not pretty.
>
> Should I worry about this and how it affects Gentoo, or not worry about
> Gentoo right now and just focus on the other issues?
I think it at least makes sense to talk about it, and work out what we
can and cannot do.
I guess we're in an especially bad position since everybody builds
their own bootloader. Is there /any/ viable solution that allows
people to continue doing this short of distributing a first-stage
bootloader blob?
> Minor details like, "do we have a 'company' that can pay Microsoft to
> sign our bootloader?" is one aspect from the non-technical side that I've
> been wondering about.
Sounds like something the Gentoo Foundation could do.
--
Arun Raghavan
http://arunraghavan.net/
(Ford_Prefect | Gentoo) & (arunsr | GNOME)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-15 4:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-15 4:28 [gentoo-dev] UEFI secure boot and Gentoo Greg KH
2012-06-15 4:45 ` Arun Raghavan [this message]
2012-06-15 4:56 ` Greg KH
2012-06-15 5:24 ` Arun Raghavan
2012-06-15 21:28 ` Matthew Thode
2012-06-15 5:48 ` Eray Aslan
2012-06-15 7:26 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-15 7:49 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-15 8:06 ` Richard Farina
2012-06-15 8:24 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-15 23:59 ` Greg KH
2012-06-16 8:33 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-16 0:03 ` gregkh
2012-06-15 5:00 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-06-15 5:03 ` [gentoo-dev] " Ben de Groot
2012-06-15 5:08 ` Matthew Finkel
2012-06-15 5:24 ` Arun Raghavan
2012-06-15 7:12 ` Ben de Groot
2012-06-15 7:58 ` Richard Farina
2012-06-15 8:37 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-15 11:32 ` Walter Dnes
2012-06-15 12:01 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-15 12:48 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-16 9:22 ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-06-17 17:03 ` Greg KH
2012-06-17 19:22 ` Maxim Kammerer
2012-06-15 10:50 ` Ben de Groot
2012-06-16 0:02 ` Greg KH
2012-06-15 4:45 ` Greg KH
2012-06-15 5:48 ` Philip Webb
2012-06-16 0:01 ` Greg KH
2012-06-16 3:18 ` Philip Webb
2012-06-15 21:35 ` Matthew Thode
2012-06-16 0:00 ` Greg KH
2012-06-15 4:50 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2012-06-15 5:01 ` Matthew Finkel
2012-06-15 7:54 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-15 12:28 ` Walter Dnes
2012-06-15 12:55 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-16 23:37 ` Steev Klimaszewski
2012-06-17 16:58 ` Greg KH
2012-06-17 17:24 ` Dale
2012-06-16 17:51 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-17 9:20 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-17 15:51 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-17 16:55 ` Greg KH
2012-06-17 17:06 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-17 17:17 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-17 17:28 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-17 17:56 ` Greg KH
2012-06-17 16:56 ` Matthew Finkel
2012-06-17 17:10 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-17 17:40 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-17 17:34 ` Sascha Cunz
2012-06-17 17:55 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-17 18:00 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-17 18:56 ` Sascha Cunz
2012-06-17 19:20 ` Graham Murray
2012-06-17 20:30 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-17 23:07 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-22 6:42 ` George Prowse
2012-06-15 4:57 ` [gentoo-dev] " Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2012-06-15 12:18 ` Luca Barbato
2012-06-15 12:33 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-15 23:56 ` Greg KH
2012-06-16 6:30 ` Michał Górny
2012-06-15 10:14 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-15 11:26 ` Florian Philipp
2012-06-15 12:22 ` Luca Barbato
2012-06-15 12:45 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-15 15:46 ` G.Wolfe Woodbury
2012-06-15 23:55 ` Greg KH
2012-06-16 0:41 ` Rich Freeman
2012-06-16 3:49 ` Greg KH
2012-06-16 23:52 ` Matthew Summers
2012-06-17 0:23 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
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