Re: UEFI and custom kernel

[Chris Jones]

Alan Cox wrote:
> For x86 the UEFI "secure" boot requirement is that the user can 
> disable secure boot. For ARM it is that the user *cannot* disable 
> secure boot. So in the PC space at least it's "business as usual" 
> providing you jump that hoop, and hopefully with the tools sorted 
> it'll be viable to sign your own kernels and use your own keys. Alan 

Thanks Alan. I never realized that for x86 based hardware, nothing would 
change once disabled. In fact, I was not even aware that it could be 
disabled to begin with. Thank you.


Regards

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