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The trouble with firmware

The trouble with firmware

Posted Jan 13, 2011 23:21 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: The trouble with firmware by massimiliano
Parent article: The trouble with firmware

then every system is useless for you.

every CPU that you use includes a 'non free blob' of firmware (otherwise known as microcode), in many modern chips, it's even updated, and uploaded into the CPU from the kernel.

not to mention your system BIOS (unless you are running coreboot), your hard drive, your optical drive, your keyboard. just to name a few.


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