Am 15.06.2012 06:50, schrieb Duncan:
> Greg KH posted on Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:28:10 -0700 as excerpted:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>
> I've been following developments and wondering a bit about this myself.
>
> I had concluded that at least for x86/amd64, where MS is mandating a user
> controlled disable-signed-checking option, gentoo shouldn't have a
> problem. Other than updating the handbook to accommodate UEFI,
> presumably along with the grub2 stabilization, I believe we're fine as if
> a user can't figure out how to disable that option on their (x86/amd64)
> platform, they're hardly likely to be a good match for gentoo in any case.
>
As a user, I'd still like to have the chance of using Secure Boot with
Gentoo since it _really_ increases security. Even if it means I can no
longer build my own kernel.
> ARM and etc could be more problematic since MS is mandating no-unlock
> there, last I read. I have no clue how they can get away with that anti-
> trust-wise, but anyway... But I honestly don't know enough about other
> than x86/amd64 platforms to worry about it, personally.
>
I guess anti-trust is not an issue since MS is not even close to having
a monopoly in ARM.
Regards,
Florian Philipp
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