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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Critical Samsung UEFI bug: "Booting Linux using UEFI can brick Samsung laptops"</H1>
<B>Anne Wilson</B>
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<I>Wed Feb 6 15:21:20 CET 2013</I>
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On 05/02/13 07:27, Thomas Backlund wrote:
><i> Johnny A. Solbu skrev 1.2.2013 06:57:
</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html</A>
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</I>"Booting Linux using UEFI just once on various Samsung laptops is
>><i> enough to permanently stop them working. Several reports have
</I>>><i> been posted on the Ubuntu bug tracker, but the problem is likely
</I>>><i> to also be present in other Linux distributions, as it appears to
</I>>><i> be caused by a kernel driver for Samsung laptops. Kernel
</I>>><i> developers are currently discussing a change which would disable
</I>>><i> the driver when booting via UEFI."
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</I>>><i> Mageia is most likely also affected by this.
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</I>><i> Well, sort of... but it's not so "critical" as we dont support
</I>><i> UEFI Installs / boots OOB so far, so people have to to many things
</I>><i> manually to boot in UEFI mode.
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</I>I'm trying to understand how users of brand new hardware will manage
this.
Have you seen
<A HREF="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/hardware-neutrality-uefi-strikes-again-and-again/4150?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011">http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/hardware-neutrality-uefi-strikes-again-and-again/4150?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011</A>
?
If even a live CD can toast hardware, where does that leave us?
Anne
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