-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/14/2017 01:36 PM, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: >> Where do we go from here? > > As I said (and I'll repeat, many times, if required - I do NOT care what > all INTEL [all their 13000+ managers] think): > > /I have another idea for INTEL SoCs/CPUs, as HW architecture > improvement. Why your top-notch HW guys do NOT implement MRC as part of > MCU. Some HW thread inside CPU/SoC should execute MCU, shouldn't it? > MRCs should be few K in size, and they can perfectly fit in there, thus > MRC should be (my take on this) part of internal CPU architecture./
I highly doubt this would ever happen, unless it's yet another signed blob with highly privileged access. The main problem is that memory initialisation is very complex, and there is a definite need to be able to issue updates when / if a CPU / MB / DIMM combination fails to function correctly. Personally, having worked on RAM initialisation for many different systems (embedded to server), I find it ludicrous that this can be considered top secret IP worthy of a closed blob. It takes time to get right, but the end result is inextricably tied to the hardware in question and is really not much more than a hardware-specific implementation of the bog-standard and widely known DDR init algorithms. Intel, why the blob? What's hiding in there? Asian companies I know tend to keep things closed to avoid patent lawsuits over stolen IP, but I highly doubt you have this problem? Just my *personal* $0.02 here. :-) - -- 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/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYo15LAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbCCMH/RazQCmj3rW8a+4hWG0Wt2zR eGrSnsoEgfnZOCiPO6lLQX3w799kr3lZUu02HtS0CvsHbIpzUPQ7cdNzcd6kgtMN /AzYNonmU6PM2dPjAMyrtk7oVInN7VsakfE3RaAvkqh9SdBH7z35AWbsgjXk1iQA +6n7EXFy1cfJKqk2OdNVcWCCf4b8tEZ5n9WcWufhLie0z/r7Fll4Jsk2UF39G+P4 lsSp757bO2Y2juoEPmPT+lm6akSrV8h37FirnmIFvzbPhpGfJ2IrwJkjRpgK4Ypn 9hrvDMctmvq6X+FtW6y7Eer94i1jzXvWSjXJlOSnHPGJKAh946EhztmRijceMf4= =4Oil -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
