Re: [OpenBIOS] Licensing of the code.

[David Woodhouse]

Dean Gaudet wrote:
> I think a big sticking point will be the license Intel requires for the
> microcode update software.  That license may dictate the license you'll
> have to use for this project.  In fact that license may even preclude a
> free software project.
>
> Without the microcode updates you may have a hard time supporting intel
> chips.

What's the license? The procedure is documented in the "Pentium Pro Processor
BIOS Writer's Guide" at ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/IAL/p6/pppbios.pdf (Chapter 8)

It's also available at http://www.sandpile.org/80x86/mcupdate.shtml

I can see no mention of a restrictive license on the algorithms presented.

Or did you mean the actual microcode update, as opposed to the code which 
loads it into the CPU?

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