Thoughts about Linux kernel version 3.14 and UEFI Secure Boot
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I've recently read some news which say that the Linux kernel (non-free kernel) version 3.14 will have support for the kexec() call which subverts the UEFI Secure Boot.
The news article is in Brazilian Portuguese, it's under a free license, and can be found here: http://br-linux.org/2014/01/linux-314-vai-ter-suporte-a-chamada-kexec-que-subverte-o-uefi-secure-boot.html
For those who want to know something more without having to translate the article: The kexec() call is able to load an unsigned operating system, thus bypassing UEFI Secure Boot.
I'm just wondering if there is some way to use kexec() in favor of GNU+Linux Trisquel, GNU+Linux-libre, and many other free operating systems.
What do you all think?
Best regards, ADFENO.
Have a nice day.
I hope it will be possible to include this in free Linux kernels, because I am afraid it will be more difficult in the future to find motherboards that let me disable Secure Boot.
Kexec is available also in Linux-libre and even enabled by default in Trisquel.
$ grep -i kexec /boot/config-3.5.0-44-generic
CONFIG_KEXEC=y
CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
I believe it's possible to try it by installing the kexec-tools package.
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