Hmm i would argue that an open bios would be the attraction. I knew when i bought my router that people would vet and modify.

There are alot of cool features in your bios ill give you that. And while most people dont care eIther way, id really like to be able to read through it or have someone more knowlegable to do so.

How about some sort of middleground where you can choose between a FSF satisfied simple bios. Or load the full "binary only" one with all the fancy features availible?.

I mean at some point there will be more or less a requirment to have most of your computer open source. But yeah that might be a while.

In my opinion secureboot failed from the getgo because of lack of transparrency. if the thing that is going to verify your bootseqence is magic specialsauce it would be hard to argue against possible faults within it, or if malcious code has been injected, etc. there is no security there. Because it could might aswell be a persistant rootkit installed right? We just cant be sure.

As for uefi i thought secureboot was the main feature of why to replace legacy bios. I truly believe we wont see a proper "secure " untill the entire process is open. But i may be wrong. Ill end the rambilings here. Regards

Edit: or perhaps add support to coreboot/openbios as a "simple bios" alternative?

Thanks for the feedback. Don't see that happening given current constraints and the stuff I said above (router lifespans and complexity are not on the same level as motherboards for one thing). The only way we would look into this is if it became mandatory, unless there is a huge change in what it takes to make a motherboard "work". Sorry.

The UEFI code is provided by AMI. AMI is a business and like all businesses sell products to realize a profit. Motherboard manufacturers are bound by the terms and conditions that accompany the purchase of these products. Any wish of open source needs to be directed at AMI although nothing will come of it.