On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59(a)srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 01:47:34AM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Seth Johnson <seth.p.johnson(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > I'm sorry, I really don't understand what you're suggesting here.
It's
> > not possible to simply replace a system's firmware with another
> > implementation. You could chainboot from one UEFI implementation into
> > another, but if the first implements secure boot then you'd have the
> > same set of bootstrapping problems as you would with just booting an OS.
>
>
> See the fuller thread, reconstructed in nested fashion above. A free
> software UEFI would be on its own hardware.
The features you wanted in a free software UEFI are present in existing
UEFI implementations, so I'm not sure what you're asking for.
No need for a shim. Not having to ask permission. It's my
understanding that you are buying a signed key so the installation of
Fedora is not scary.
Seth