Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932194Ab2KEMjY (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2012 07:39:24 -0500 Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:43226 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753796Ab2KEMjV (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2012 07:39:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:38:58 +0000 From: Matthew Garrett To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , James Bottomley , Pavel Machek , Chris Friesen , Eric Paris , Jiri Kosina , Oliver Neukum , Alan Cox , Josh Boyer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Second attempt at kernel secure boot support Message-ID: <20121105123858.GB4374@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20121103002244.GC18691@srcf.ucam.org> <1351944236.2417.7.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20121103134630.GA28166@srcf.ucam.org> <1351983400.2417.21.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20121104042802.GA11295@srcf.ucam.org> <1352020487.2427.5.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> <20121104135251.GA17894@srcf.ucam.org> <87d2zsmv8r.fsf@xmission.com> <509766DB.9090906@zytor.com> <87625kh5r2.fsf@xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87625kh5r2.fsf@xmission.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: mjg59@cavan.codon.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on cavan.codon.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 20 On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 11:24:17PM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" 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. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/