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From: Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:02:28 -0500
Subject: FAQ the microcode

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 						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>.
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+					<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.
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