linux-kernel - Re: UEFI Plugfest 2013 -- New Orleans

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Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:17:21 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: UEFI Plugfest 2013 -- New Orleans

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:25:35AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Hm. It would be really useful to have a kernel build option which
> *disables* all the workarounds we've ever put in for broken firmware.

Yeah, cool!

I wonder if we could reach a high double-digit percentage of machines
not booting/barfing on such a clean kernel.

While at it, can we please replace the fw with coreboot? :-)

> Every deviation from the spec (or common sense), however minor, should
> show up as a clear failure. Even the ones we *have* been able to work
> around, because we still want them *fixed*.
> 
> And there's a school of thought that says we should brick as many
> Samsung machines as possible,

Yep, and there's the rooted secure boot asus f*ckup which we should also
advertize while booting, enabling people to use it:

https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/archives.html#Bulygin

/me LOLs ominously...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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