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Re: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware



Am Freitag, 23. September 2011 schrieb Alex:
> Any comments on the "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
> firmware" and its ability to preclude booting from alternative
> operating systems such as Linux, BSD etc., would be greatly
> appreciated, as per article entitled "Windows 8 secure boot would
> 'exclude' Linux" at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/21/secure_boot_firmware_linux_excl
> usion_fears/

One sidenote:

AMD is into promoting Coreboot for AMD based boards.

I dunno the current state and don´t have links at hand currently, but I 
was pleased to hear that.

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Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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