Re: [PATCH 06/38] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/clocksource/

From: David Howells
Date: Wed Apr 19 2017 - 11:30:03 EST


Jens Rottmann <Jens.Rottmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > When the kernel is running in secure boot mode [...] prevent
> > access by means of configuring driver modules
>
> I may easily be wrong, but doesn't secure boot require EFI?

For the patches I have, yes. It could feasibly be done by some other
mechanism, though I don't know that such an alternative exists.

> Do secure boot capable systems with old CS5535/36 even exist?

No idea.

David