On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:38:48 -0400 Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/11/2012 04:33 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > On Jul 11, 2012, at 2:29 PM, John J. McDonough wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 16:15 -0400, Eric Christensen wrote: > >>> From today's Board meeting, I think it would be a good idea > >>> for someone to start working on a guide to UEFI secure boot. I > >>> don't think it would be a large document but would include: > >>> > >>> 1) What is UEFI? 2) How does Fedora implement UEFI? 3) How can > >>> you create your own UEFI keys and have your own Fedora spin > >>> work with that key. 4) ... > >>> > >>> This is a developing thought. Anyone have any ideas? > >>> > >>> -Eric > >> > >> Sounds like a really great idea. Something like that is badly > >> needed, *BUT*, is there anyone who knows the answer to those > >> questions, and if so, is there someone who can translate those > >> answers into something ordinary mortals can understand? > > > > We kinda need hardware that implements Secure Boot, and thus far > > there isn't any publicly available consumer hardware that does. > > > > As for Fedora UEFI support, this is a GRUB Legacy EFI to GRUB2 EFI > > transition phase, with the plan being GRUB2 EFI in F18, completely > > dropping GRUB Legacy. So some effort should account for the removal > > of the GRUB Legacy material from existing documentation in > > anticipation of F18. > > Agreed. There is a lot of GRUB stuff out there that needs to be > removed/replaced/rewritten. Should that be set as a priority for F18 > documents? You might want to talk to Jack Reed about this. Regards, Petr Kovar -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
