On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:04 AM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Goodbody <ajg4tadp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am sure that it is the old story, most testing will be done against > > Windows. Anything more will be the exception. This is where the pressure > > needs to be put on the platform vendors as this is the part that they are > > responsible for. > > Sorry, vendors don't have a pattern of paying attention to end user > sales issues such as "won't boot Linux". They are selling into a > market in which Linux is about 1% at best of sales. That's been the > common experience anyway, even at very large companies: BIOS issues > just don't get fixed. > > Andrew, Ron, what's your take on http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20916.html ? Specifically: "This is part of Windows 8's fast boot support - the keyboard may not be initialised until after the OS has started." So the logic goes: 1. Secure Boot enabled and Win8 installed by the OEM 2. To access the BIOS, press F2/F8/DEL/whatever 3. "Fast boot" (hey! coreboot delivered on that first!) skips keyboard init 4. User is thus *forced* to use Win8's "hold down shift and restart" feature -- adding another barrier before a user can boot her own OS. I think the biggest problem here is that the entire BIOS is made inaccessible, and only if Windows gives permission can you change that. Regards, David
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