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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:16:12 -0800
From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>,
Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 11:24:17PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes:
>> >
>> > That is a hugely different thing from needing a console.
>>
>> Not at all.
>>
>> In the general case user intereaction is required to tell the system to
>> boot off of your choosen boot media instead of the local hard drive.
>
> No, in the general case the system will do that once it fails to find a
> bootable OS on the drive.
In the general case there will be a bootable OS on the drive.
Eric
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