[mythtv-users] OT - UEFI, Secure Boot, Fedora and nVidia drivers

[Bert Haskins]

On 06/26/2012 01:08 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Ben Kamen<bkamen at benjammin.net>  wrote:
> ....
>> But also, can't nVidia get its drivers signed so they can run in the kernel?
> Well, not exactly.  In order to avoid the GPL restrictions, nVidia
> requires each user to agree, download, and build their own "interposer"
> code to load the binary blobs and interface with the kernel (since it
> is not a [binary] distribution, it is not in violation of the current
> letter of the GPL agreements (spirit is irrelevant)).  And since you do
> not have the ability to sign, the answer is probably not.  Packagers
> that are doing it for you have exactly the same issue.
>
> That said, I am sure nVidia has their best people thinking up
> workarounds (although I would guess the answer will be to disable
> UEFI secure boot, which many advanced Linux users will do
> since they use development drivers all the time).
>
> Note that this also means that in the future, choosing hardware
> for Linux will include the additional validation of "Can this
> motherboard disable secure UEFI boot?"
>
> Gary

Exactly, and now is the time to start working on a purchase agreement that
says something to the effect that if I purchase something and then find out
that it will not boot around microS!@# stuff, I can return it for a 
total credit
at no cost to myself.
Else, just don't sell it to me.

ballmer.. just go shove it!!
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