[OpenBIOS] Licensing of the code.
David Woodhouse
Dave at imladris.demon.co.uk
Fri Feb 20 03:05:43 CET 1998
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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