Re: F37 Change: Deprecate Legacy BIOS (System-Wide Change proposal)

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On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 4:28 PM Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:56 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > * Peter Robinson:
> >
> > > This is out of context here because you can disable Secure Boot but
> > > still use UEFI to make that work. You're trying to link to different
> > > problems together.
> >
> > I think there's firmware out there which enables Secure Boot
> > unconditionally in UEFI mode, but still has CSM support.
>
> The UEFI spec makes CSM and Secure Boot mutually exclusive. CSM
> enabled renders Secure Boot impossible. So I'm not sure how the
> firmware can simultaneously enforce Secure Boot, but then permit the
> loading of non-compliant bootloaders. That'd seem to be a Secure Boot
> break worthy of a firmware update. In particular if it's also possible
> to invoke CSM boot via NVRAM variables.
>

Many boards offered this capability, even though it violates the
standard. It's one of the reasons why Intel demanded PC makers stop
supporting CSM at all.



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