I've installed bbswitch on a test UEFI system, upgraded the kernel to a newer version (ie. linux-image-hwe-trusty-generic) and was still able to load the module in; the module in the updates/dkms directory for the kernel version is clearly a signed copy.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l dkms shim-signed | cat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-=============================================-============-==============================================================
ii dkms 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.6 all Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii shim-signed 1.33.1~16.04.4+15+1533136590.3beb971-0ubuntu1 amd64 Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (Microsoft-signed binary)
[ 173.890220] usbcore: registered new interface driver asic0x
[ 356.605416] bbswitch: version 0.7
[ 356.605431] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.VID_
[ 356.605443] bbswitch: No discrete VGA device found
Verification-done on trusty:
dkms/2. 2.0.3-1. 1ubuntu5. 14.04.10
I've installed bbswitch on a test UEFI system, upgraded the kernel to a newer version (ie. linux-image- hwe-trusty- generic) and was still able to load the module in; the module in the updates/dkms directory for the kernel version is clearly a signed copy.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l dkms shim-signed | cat Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ====-== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= =-===== ======= -====== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= 16.04.4+ 15+1533136590. 3beb971- 0ubuntu1 amd64 Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (Microsoft-signed binary)
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
ii dkms 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.6 all Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
ii shim-signed 1.33.1~
[ 173.890220] usbcore: registered new interface driver asic0x
[ 356.605416] bbswitch: version 0.7
[ 356.605431] bbswitch: Found integrated VGA device 0000:00:02.0: \_SB_.PCI0.VID_
[ 356.605443] bbswitch: No discrete VGA device found