> I'd prefer to see chips from scratch, rather than patching on features > late in the game. We can be pretty sure chip makers will only patch > problems as they are found instead of redesigning their chips to prevent > future problems.
The problem with doing that is you find yourself facing all new bugs never before seen. As well as having to characterize the new chips from the ground up to get best results. > My reaction to the situation is that I'll no longer buy new hardware at > all. Everything I buy now is second user, until I see chip makers pulling > their finger out and doing what really needs doing. > On top of that I'll only buy hardware that can be free software down to > the bios. It should be nothing to them what runs in the bios, so I'll wait > and see if they can be more flexible there (for however long it takes). Need to go for a lot deeper than the "bios". Modern processors have at least another layer under that, either on the CPU or in the chipset. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
