On 03/01/2014, mrnuke <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, January 03, 2014 12:37:34 AM Sam Kuper wrote: >> > There was some guide somewhere on how to download the stock ROM.
Thanks. Bedtime for me now, but if I decide the Chromebooks are still a potential option for me, I'll try to find time an opportunity to look it up (or failing that, maybe dissect one of John Lewis's prebuilt binaries?) another day. > The presence of CPU microcode should be the least of your concerns. Really. > How about an out-of-band processor with full DMA access, and networking > access transparent to the OS? Already aware of that and I've ruled out everything with vPro/AMT. > Seriously, the CPU microcode is nothing. Besides, nobody cares if an > internal PLL is configured properly so that the CPU can switch to its > highest clock without hanging. I hear you; but I also hear Jonathan Brossard saying that as far as security goes, "[If you control CPU microcode] updates, you basically win." > AMD is your best bet, but be prepared to get your feet wet. Server boards > are hard to find, and you'll most likely need to port it. That was my understanding; thank you for confirming it. > Chromebook, if you actually want to vote on free firmware. If you want to > stick > it to Intel (which I think you should), there are ARM models available. I > also > hear rumours of an octa-core coming soon. There are also some well-supported > Lenovos, but getting one counts as not voting. I'm no Intel boot-licker - I think the way Intel behaved re: OLPC was appalling (Intel Classmate, etc) - but I haven't found any suitable ARM models yet.[1] So it's down to: - C7/C710; - Pavilion 14; - X60(s); - Yeeloong. All of which are compromises; and (at least in my view) all of which are votes. > Ask away, but please keep Stallmanism out of it. I find that if I mute Stallman, I hear Blank and Brossard ;) Thanks again :) Sam [1] Besides, as far as current readily-available laptops are concerned, it seems that some ARM models are more likely to have restricted boot than Wintel laptops: http://media.libreplanet.org/u/libby/m/embracing-secure-boot-and-rejecting-restricted-boot-matthew-garrett/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
