On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 08:45:07AM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > The features you wanted in a free software UEFI are present in existing >> > UEFI implementations, so I'm not sure what you're asking for. >> >> No need for a shim. Not having to ask permission. It's my >> understanding that you are buying a signed key so the installation of >> Fedora is not scary. > > You're still not making it clear what you want. Hardware without secure > boot? Hardware with secure boot but a different default policy? Hardware > with free firmware that may or may not have secure boot enabled by > default? Write a new UEFI. No need for a shim. Peter stated what the free software UEFI on its own hardware should support: "disable Secure Boot or use your own chain of trust." Plus, because you appear to be motivated to buy a shim for this reason, write the UEFI so it does not make it scary to install in any configuration you use as the empowered owner of the device. Seth -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
