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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-12-23 02:02:28 (EST) |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-12-23 02:02:28 (EST) |
| commit | 26fe9ab6a821c60409377b2f01b597dd81ccdf68 (patch) | |
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FAQ the microcode
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diff --git a/site/faq/index.php b/site/faq/index.php index 0f60f9e..b0ee4f0 100644 --- a/site/faq/index.php +++ b/site/faq/index.php @@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ you had the source code. If you try to upload your own modified updates, the CPU will reject them. In other words, the microcode updates are <em><a href="https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">tivoized</a></em>. </p> + <p> + The microcode updates alter the way instructions behave on the CPU. That means they affect the way the CPU works, in + a very fundamental way. That makes it software. The updates are proprietary, and are software, so we exclude them from + libreboot. The microcode built into the CPU already is not so much of an issue, since we can't change it anyway (it's + read-only). + </p> <h3 id="intelbastards">Intel is uncooperative <span class="r"><a href="#intelbastards">#intelbastards</a></span></h3> <p> For years, coreboot has been struggling against Intel. Intel has been shown to be extremely uncooperative in general. |