*countable infinities only

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Mon Jun 18 11:43:27 UTC 2012


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 at 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.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org


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