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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 01:12:33 +0100
From:   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To:     Brendan Trotter <btrotter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux DRTM on UEFI platforms
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On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 09:33:23AM +0930, Brendan Trotter wrote:

> The only correct approach is "efi-stub -> head_64.S -> kernel's own
> secure init"; where (on UEFI systems) neither GRUB nor Trenchboot has
> a valid reason to exist and should never be installed.

Surely the entire point of DRTM is that we *don't* have to trust the 
bootloader?