Il 07/08/20 15:46, Stephen John Smoogen ha scritto: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 at 09:15, Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net> wrote: >> Once upon a time, Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi at gmail.com> said: >>> you are right but is not UEFI a standard and it shouldn't work the >>> same on several vendors? I ask this because this patch broken all my >>> uefi workstations. >> The great thing about standards is there's so many to choose from! Also >> relevant: https://xkcd.com/927/ >> >> UEFI has gone through a number of revisions over the years, and has >> optional bits like Secure Boot (which itself has gone through >> revisions). Almost any set of standards has undefined corners where >> vendors interpret things differently. Vendors also have bugs in weird >> places sometimes. >> > I go with the lines from Pirates of the Carribean movie.. it is less > of a rigid code and more a set of guidelines. Computer programmers are > a surly lot, and most take any MUST/SHALL in a standard a personal > challenge on how to make it pass a test but do so in an interesting > way. +1 Jack :D