On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:12:21PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > Can you change the CPU microcode (I'm not familiar with new CPU's)?
There is an interface for that on GNU/Linux for some processors. However it's undocumented (the microcode itself). > since you wouldn't be able to update your microcode. Kinda like > wanting the source code to your toaster, but the software is on a ROM > chip. An EPROM can be changed. I did that once (recycling a proprietary autochanger :->) > I suspect that no hardware manufacturer _wants_ to have such a > partnership. Check http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html for an > interesting encounter between the FSF and IBM. The manufacturers > simply don't even want to cooperate in anyway. Interesting, didn't know about it. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
