[coreboot] Does the 62xx Series Opteron work *securely* without microcode?

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 01/26/2017 10:14 AM, Taiidan at gmx.com wrote:
> On 01/26/2017 10:12 AM, ron minnich wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:41 AM Sam Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hypothetical example: I buy a machine with built-in microcode from the
>>> young Anakin Skywalker. A decade later, Darth Vader releases a
>>> microcode update. Should I apply it?
>>>
>>
>> A decade later? You should buy a new computer.
>>
>> ron
> Very excellent example Sam, couldn't have said it better myself.
> 
> For us who desire libre computing that simply won't be an option, 4
> years from now when the KGPE-D16 is a 10 year old motherboard you will
> only be able to buy ME/PSP junk or expensive POWER servers which while
> lacking a supervisor processor certainly aren't libre...yet (as no-one
> who is able to is willing to fund development)

Technically POWER does have (several) supervisory processors, the
difference is they're open source and can be inspected and modified at will.

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