[coreboot] Microcode updates for slightly older intel CPU's re: meltdown/spectre

[awokd]

On Thu, January 11, 2018 10:05 am, Nico Huber wrote:

> On 11.01.2018 03:55, Taiidan at gmx.com wrote:

>> 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.

In its defense, it's one of the few usable laptops that don't have ME or
PSP. I did a full Debian kernel build inside a Xen HVM on it the other day
in 2.5 hours. I'm sure there's faster but for day to day use it's plenty
good for me, even though I do need to tolerate a handful of blobs.