UEFI Secure Boot and Ubuntu - implementation

[Jose Diaz Bardales]

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?
>
> Being able to manage the Platform Key (PK) independant from third
> parties such as Microsoft (and indeed any OS provider) is obviously
> the most desired case.
>
> [1] http://www.uefi.org/
>  Spec Chapter 27 Secure Boot, SetupMode, PK, Shell, etc
>
I have not been able to read it myself but there is PDF document at
http://odm.ubuntu.com/ that might answer or at least show what
Canonical/Ubuntu are doing about UEFI.

HTH