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Le 14/04/2013 13:28, Warp nous fit lire :
> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] free fr> wrote:
>> IMHO, it's a shortcut: some new motherboard came now with UEFI which
>> aims (and succeed) at forbidding installation of non-authorized OS.
>
> I cannot fathom what possible gain could there be for the motherboard
> manufacturer to do that.
>
Certification for Windows 8: ARM system *must not* allow user control of
secure mode, it must be enforced.
Other CPU are at the choice of motherboard maker to get the
Certification for Windows 8, but secure mode must be implemented (it can
or not be disabled... but it cost the work of making an option to allow
such disabling, a cheap maker would not provide that option: cost is
everywhere).
Also note that rom update might remove that choice later, and that the
list of keys might be updated to repudiate previously valid key.
> "Hey, I need a new motherboard for my linux machine, and was looking at
> yours."
> "Sorry, our motherboard doesn't allow you to install linux."
> "Well, then I'll buy a motherboard from someone else."
>
> Step 2: ???
> Step 3: Make profit?
>
> I don't get it.
>
The linux market is silence part, nobody make step 1 statement.
Moreover, Ubuntu & RedHat purchased a key...so far... but try installing
openbsd/netbsd/... and you're doomed.
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