On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:39:10AM -0400, Robert Vogel wrote:
Maybe this is sligtly off topic here (and a little bit paranoid..), but when one consider the fact that "trusted computing" becomes more and more prevalent in new systems (mandatory soon maybe?!), doesn't this outright kill the LB project?
The opposite is the case. LinuxBIOS is the _only_ chance out there that allows controlling the restrictions. It does not restrict the vendor in controlling the "bootblock" -- Since there is no such thing as the bootblock in LinuxBIOSv2, I wonder what the technical meaning of that part of the specification is supposed to be.
I don't mean to start a flame but, uhm well I'll have to take the risk :-)
Have you considered the possiblity that LinuxBIOS is used for Tivoization?