From 26fe9ab6a821c60409377b2f01b597dd81ccdf68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:02:28 -0500 Subject: FAQ the microcode --- (limited to 'site') 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 tivoized.

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+ 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). +

Intel is uncooperative #intelbastards

For years, coreboot has been struggling against Intel. Intel has been shown to be extremely uncooperative in general. -- cgit v0.9.1