On 14.01.19 23:30, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
tldr :P ...just kidding friend ;) here are some replies
3.19 [*] Add gigabit ethernet firmware ##### If I read correctly I need that for internet connection and this bianry has just some configuration in it and no excecutable?
That means your Ethernet controller needs a closed source proprietary firmware in order to function.
Like any other modern ethernet controller it runs proprietary firmware. But in this case, what you would add here is indeed just a tiny con- figuration binary, no code. The firmware is embedded somewhere in the chipset.
Also worth to mention, you don't have to add this file or any related file (ME, IFD) into coreboot. This option is only for people that want to put everything into a single file to flash at once. You can instead just write coreboot only, to the respective BIOS region in flash. And leave everything else intact.
So this should be not a privacy concerning thing?
Not in this particular case, no.
Being a closed source this firmware may contain the backdoors or help the backdoor-like functionality of intel me. So yes, this is a privacy concerning thing.
Well, don't use modern controllers (ethernet, USB, etc.) if you don't want proprietary firmware in them. But that's far from the original question...
Nico