I've seen some shit, but this isn't even funny. Behold: UEFI password protection - the Acer way.pic.twitter.com/h1lBKq3uxs
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@NikolajSchlej Ideally BIOS should not even exist, much less control access, and fully-FOSS OS should control the metal completely.
@RichFelker x86 requires a firmware to start, because your SSD can't be mapped to CPUs reset vector, only LPC or SPI flash chips can.
@NikolajSchlej This is rather a false dichotomy. The locked-down BIOS is not for solving this problem. Flash for boot-loader/kernel would do
@RichFelker OS controlling the metal is a good idea, but it heavily limits the variety of onboard hardware and topology variativity.
@NikolajSchlej I read this as "secretive, locked-down layer under OS is good because it simplifies OS implementation". Not cool.
@NikolajSchlej The same effort spent writing this layer could instead have been spent writing FOSS OS support for the actual metal.
@RichFelker, FOSS firmware is impossible without support from hardware vendors, and right now neither Intel nor AMD are willing to make one.
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