From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
To: Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherine.e@gmail.com>,
Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
Cc: development@libreboot.org, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Meltdown / Spectre
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:26:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fu7g436e.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87incc6z9o.fsf@gmail.com>
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Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherine.e@gmail.com> writes:
> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
>
>> I wonder: how easy will it be to install those firmware/microcode
>> updates if you are using GuixSD? In particular, I'm curious about the
>> case of the Lenovo x200 with libreboot, since that's what I use
>> personally.
>
> I am also interested -- more from a philisophical perspective -- how
> GuixSD and GNU squares with these kinds of security updates.
In my opinion, CPU microcode falls under "non-functional data", as
expressly permitted by the GNU FSDG.
It is not required for the processor to function, it is merely *a
posteriori* data that the CPU can use to fix erratic behaviour.
Just my 2 NOK,
Marius
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-08 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-06 13:20 What do Meltdown and Spectre mean for libreboot x200 user? Alex Vong
2018-01-06 17:23 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-06 17:43 ` Meltdown / Spectre Leo Famulari
2018-01-06 20:15 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-07 6:38 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-07 21:29 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-09 21:39 ` Alex Vong
2018-01-10 4:59 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-16 10:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-19 22:06 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-20 0:17 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-21 16:26 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-24 14:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-24 16:19 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-26 22:05 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-27 16:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-10 15:00 ` ng0
2018-01-08 10:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-10 5:27 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-07 2:44 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-08 17:22 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2018-01-08 18:26 ` Marius Bakke [this message]
2018-01-08 21:51 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-08 22:01 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-09 20:13 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2018-01-09 21:18 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-10 5:26 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-11 19:45 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2018-01-11 21:49 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-01-10 10:46 ` Tobias Platen
2018-01-10 17:20 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-10 6:43 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2018-01-10 18:41 ` Kei Kebreau
2018-01-16 3:58 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-17 19:20 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-01-14 15:11 ` Alex Vong
2018-01-09 23:10 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-01-10 5:04 ` Leo Famulari
2018-01-16 11:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-17 2:38 ` Mike Gerwitz
2018-01-17 14:11 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-10 9:36 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-10 11:49 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-01-10 12:35 ` Tobias Platen
2018-01-10 14:04 ` Gábor Boskovits
2018-01-12 0:25 ` Marius Bakke
2018-01-15 8:07 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-16 3:08 ` Mike Gerwitz
2018-01-16 10:04 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-12 7:39 ` Chris Marusich
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