[Arm-netbook] Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices

[lkcl luke]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:

>>   however on the early toshiba ac100s somehow the key has been obtained
>> (i don't know the details) so you can actually do something.
>
> Can you provide any evidence for this? I've been using AC100s since the
> first reports of Linux working on them (a couple of months after they
> hit the shelves, and I have never heard of any such protection.


>>   but for the newer ac100s, you're f*****d.
>
> Absolutely not true.

 ok, so i may have got things wrong.

 vital question: can you replace u-boot on the ac100?  if so, on which models?

 if that's not early enough, can you replace the *entire* bootloader
on the ac100, right back to the absolute bare metal, as if you had a
brand new CPU?

 l.