On Thursday, January 02, 2014 09:16:25 PM Sam Kuper wrote: > My earlier question about the Acer C7/C710 and HP Pavilion 14 was > motivated by the following consideration: if they have not been found > to have CPU errata warranting uploading of CPU microcode, then they > might be (at least in this respect) preferable to the X60 which forces > the user to choose between uploading microcode or running with known > vulnerabilities.* > What are you talking about? x86 Chromebooks ship with microcode updates. And how exactly is a CPU different if the microcode update is patched in the factory rather than uploaded at boot? It's the same microcode in the end.
This microcode discussion is ridiculous: I'm not going to change the oil in my engine because I don't understand how it lubricates the crankshaft. Alex -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
