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On 02/22/2017 05:31 PM, i1w5d7gf38keg@tutanota.com wrote:
What is the benefit of such a list? I cant see any benefit. Its only additional work that is useless.
Example: Certain CPUs require special cache handling / setup to avoid unusual faults or security vulnerabilities at runtime. The original setup code properly configures model 1 stepping 1 CPUs, but stepping 2 CPUs require special setup. User installs coreboot and uses it with a stepping 2 CPU without adding in the new setup code -- it seems to run, but crashes every once in a while. User (possibly) figures out coreboot is the problem and is very unhappy.
Again, this is very low level stuff; mistakes do not always show up as "failure to boot". If you want to verify your CPUs and add them to the list please do so!
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