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Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure bootPreparing the kernel for UEFI secure bootPosted Sep 10, 2012 12:25 UTC (Mon) by cortana (subscriber, #24596)In reply to: Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot by Aissen Parent article: Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot
> Which means that the distro will have to provide pre-compiled per-kernel signed versions of the nvidia driver (for each version of the module).
Is this legal, what with nvidia.ko being a derived work of both the kernel and NVIDIA's proprietary driver?
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Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot Posted Sep 10, 2012 12:28 UTC (Mon) by Aissen (subscriber, #59976) [Link]
> Is this legal, what with nvidia.ko being a derived work of both the kernel and NVIDIA's proprietary driver?
Oh yeah. It depends who you ask. It hasn't been taken to court yet.
Note that the nvidia module uses an GPL layer that then loads the nvidia binary and does the link between the two.
Preparing the kernel for UEFI secure boot Posted Sep 10, 2012 12:44 UTC (Mon) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]
It seems my assumption was wrong. Debian distributes a pre-built nvidia.ko for each of its stock kernels, and if the ftpmasters can be convinced that it's OK then it probably is OK. :)
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