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

Timothy Pearson tpearson at raptorengineering.com
Fri Jan 27 21:18:22 CET 2017


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On 01/27/2017 01:41 PM, Merlin Büge wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:26:56 -0600
> Timothy Pearson <tpearson at raptorengineering.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> Core 2 duo is more than a decade old and I think that it should be
>>> good enough for a lot of tasks.
>>>
>>> Andrés
>>>
>>
>> Something to think about: have you tried developing modern software on
>> that Core 2 Duo?  Are you OK with only having hardware that can
>> consume software (libre or not) that was created (compiled) on more
>> powerful, non-free systems?
> 
> I think the need for libre hardware platforms in the range of a Core 2
> Duo is as strong as the need for libre platforms capable of compiling
> big software projects.

Fair enough.  I wouldn't even be bringing this up except for the fact
that we're in the final stages of losing access to development-class
libre systems for "normal people" (non-corporate entities), and this has
introduced an interesting philosophical dilemma on the nature of libre
software.

As always, I appreciate the insight from this list!

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Timothy Pearson
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