On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:56:04 -0700 Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:15:28AM +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote: > > On 15 June 2012 09:58, Greg KH <[email protected]> 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? > > Distributing a first-stage bootloader blob, that is signed by > Microsoft, or someone, seems to be the only way to easily handle this. Maybe we could get one such a blob for all distros/systems? Also, does this signature system have any restrictions on what is signed and what is not? In other words, will they actually sign a blob saying 'work-around signatures' on the top? -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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