On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 12:37:54PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The user *should not* be required to have write access to anything in
> /lib to install a UEFI capsule that they download from their
> motherboard vendor's website. /lib belongs to the distro, and UEFI
> capsules do not belong to the distro. In this regard, UEFI capsules
> are completely unlike your wireless card firmware, your cpu microcode,
> etc.
Oh oh but but, if an UEFI capsule can brick the system, a normal user
would be able to brick that system then. I think we should forbid that.
I agree with the rest of your note that a simple
cat <fw_blob> > /sys/...
should be enough.
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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