Is this chain-of-trust implementation the reason my backlit-keyboard on my macbook pro won't light up whilst asking me for my password on coldboot? It's a gian

Is this chain-of-trust implementation the reason my backlit-keyboard on my macbook pro won't light up whilst asking me for my password on coldboot? It's a giant pain in the rear to get up and flip on a light when you're in bed programming at night... ( sigh )