The pre-boot code cannot be created from only the specification. It is often the single place where the many variances found during manufacture that roll-up erratas and internal memos by the manufacturer and fab.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:09 PM grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/30/18, Steven Schear <schear.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > fully OS CPUs and SoCs > > (including the pre-boot code which is still proprietary for even > otherwise > > open designs) > > No, if the CPUs were truly open, proprietary boot code > would be completely mooted just write your own to spec. > Only stupid sheep and order takers would continue using > closed shit. > > Yes there are no truly open CPUs, nor open Fabs, that's the problem. > It's easily fixable, and extremely profitable for the first players to do > it. >
