UEFI Secure Boot and Ubuntu - implementation

[Sarunas Burdulis]

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On 06/23/2012 03:54 AM, grarpamp wrote:
> What specifically is Canonical/Ubuntu doing to contact the OEM
> (Quanta/Compal/etc) and Retail (ASUS/BioStar/MSI/GigaByte/Intel/etc)
> motherboard manufacturers in order to:
> 
> - Query and ascertain their plans for UEFI Secure Boot implementation?
> - Ensure that motherboards purchased by Ubuntu users for their
> systems will allow the platform owner (said users) to install (or
> replace) the Platform Key (PK) in SetupMode on said motherboards
> per the process outlined in the UEFI Specification Chapter 27 [1]?
> 
> What have the results of any such conversations been to date?
> [...]

Perhaps not an answer to what is being done to contact manufacturers,
but here is the plan:

[Details on Ubuntu's UEFI secure boot plan]
http://lwn.net/Articles/503025/

Sarunas
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