Hi Taiidan,
On 11.01.2018 03:55, Taiidan@gmx.com 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