Hi Taiidan, On 11.01.2018 03:55, [email protected] wrote: > I am curious of any intel insiders know if there will be microcode > updates released for older intel CPU's (ex: sandy/ivybridge) and failing > that, what can be done in regards to securing them from meltdown/spectre. > > I believe this is a relevant coreboot topic considering how many > coreboot boards have these and older CPU's....without a fix there will > be only one coreboot compatible laptop with open source hardware > initiation that is remotely secure (lenovo g505s as has a pre-PSP AMD > CPU) and theoretically owner controllable
you seem to be misinformed about the G505s. There is no open-source gfx init for AMD (not in firmware, not in the OS), so within your require- ments it's not usable as a laptop. > (as the previous C2D/C2Q's > such as the X200 are now permanently insecure without intervention from > intel apparently) It depends on the software you run. Please read more about Meltdown and Spectre. When you understood it, you can still start to worry. > > At this point even a massive performance loss is better than having to > throw out so much now-useless hardware. Yes? and that can be accomplished without microcode updates, AFAIK. Nico -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
