-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/2017 10:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On 01/26/2017 10:12 AM, ron minnich wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:41 AM Sam Kuper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hypothetical example: I buy a machine with built-in microcode from the >>> young Anakin Skywalker. A decade later, Darth Vader releases a >>> microcode update. Should I apply it? >>> >> >> A decade later? You should buy a new computer. >> >> ron > Very excellent example Sam, couldn't have said it better myself. > > For us who desire libre computing that simply won't be an option, 4 > years from now when the KGPE-D16 is a 10 year old motherboard you will > only be able to buy ME/PSP junk or expensive POWER servers which while > lacking a supervisor processor certainly aren't libre...yet (as no-one > who is able to is willing to fund development)
Technically POWER does have (several) supervisory processors, the difference is they're open source and can be inspected and modified at will. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYiiFwAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbnMYIALzHiuBRQ/x8YwWRd02ThAOx tHFG4qHGU9KPcxQCe2C00h7ogaX/9Jl/89dQGS3ID8O9p0RoyrTYI5H+mjRmPZjp Be27ScgLmRksuqUuG5U3zOiMdUZDn8W6PPwOF0gl+kU6Vwwol7gVWdgW2Tk952go zXl6iZNDRq2ObVWkqCLQ23K7cjjhaT8lJxCnTCTsIEMV6PYM7PI4EwVaOGn+Mgjm xgNmgMY0wbWhrLAPXOKA8JYWl44WwfjDQniKsWwR5Q4zQzjs/I3IakTcB/m476TR c+H6J6JJnUN5G8B+ShNpsa+RM+K8cMTy0pOPN4MtBo9UWW5lcLeyfWrX04y8gOM= =ulgi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
