From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 00:18:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4E6106566C for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:18:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE858FC12 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.11] ([192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q55NvUWH011892; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:57:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:57:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?G=F6k=BAin_Akdeniz?= In-Reply-To: <20120605230025.a1e39827.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20120605221250.9da6bd5c.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> <4FCE61D4.9070300@cran.org.uk> <20120605230025.a1e39827.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Bruce Cran , Kurt Buff , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:18:42 -0000 On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, G?k?in Akdeniz wrote: > For the time being only ARM platform is restricted. True, but I would be astonished if this restriction were not expanded by MS in the future. Just my opinion, but I believe their ultimate goal is to add platforms until the "secure boot" restriction encompasses most or all desktop and server hardware. This would be over a period of years. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]