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SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

Posted Jan 15, 2012 20:35 UTC (Sun) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices by JanC_
Parent article: SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

As I understand it, UEFI calls the bootloader, so no, that's not technically possible ...

Cheers,
Wol


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SFLC: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

Posted Jan 16, 2012 19:53 UTC (Mon) by juliank (subscriber, #45896) [Link]

It is more likely that the chip's bootloader starts UEFI which then starts the system's bootloader.

Boot loader (chip) => UEFI => Bootloader (System) => Kernel

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