*countable infinities only

[Seth Johnson]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 08:45:07AM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
>> > 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.
>
> You're still not making it clear what you want. Hardware without secure
> boot? Hardware with secure boot but a different default policy? Hardware
> with free firmware that may or may not have secure boot enabled by
> default?


Write a new UEFI.  No need for a shim.  Peter stated what the free
software UEFI on its own hardware should support: "disable Secure Boot
or use your own chain of trust."  Plus, because you appear to be
motivated to buy a shim for this reason, write the UEFI so it does not
make it scary to install in any configuration you use as the empowered
owner of the device.


Seth