Intel Clarifies HECI Usage For Arc Graphics' GSC

[theriddick]

really!

[peterdk]

Intel says it's not needed: see the update here https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022...least-for-now/

[OmniNegro]

Lmao, people are so visibly upset.

I guarantee everyone in this thread upset at this would never be affected by this particular situation to begin with. And worst-case, it's not like Intel ME hardware is hard to come by for a temporary drop-in for firmware update; I have an old C2D Macbook with HECI and a TB2 dock if I really needed to do that

This is the Linux community nowadays? Can ya'll not be angry at something for once? Go take a hint from Linus.

A hint from Linus? Like his hint for Nvidia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36yNWw_07g

[shanedav4]

This sucks!!!! I was going to get an ARC gpu for my system, but not now. Kind of sad. The encode/decode abilities and the fact that it is an open-source driver stack would have been nice.

[Viki Ai]

One upside of this is it has strongly renewed my awareness of Intel ME, AMD PSP, ARM TrustZone and why I have no reason to want* a CPU with any such system integrated.

*Doesn't mean I don't get stuck with one or more of them anyway, but I can still strongly resent the fact!

...If only there was such thing as a mini-ITX-like Power9 board, or a RISC-V system that was more than a dev-platform (I wouldn't even grumble at paying 4x over the price of an X86 equivalent for such!).

[NotMine999]

Extremely shortsighted product design & development at work here.

Or a very bad case of tying one's shoelaces together while trying to run the product out the door at the same time.

Only time will tell which situation is true....and another gentle reminder to always avoid "Revision 0" of anything.

[yump]

Externally, Intel likes to pretend "intel" is synonymous with x86. Sometimes, employees and former employees carry this risible habit onto mailing lists.

Maybe internally they're high on their own supply and simply forgot that using the Intel ME for this would be problematic?

[frackeverything]

Just Shintel things.

[Nille]

Thank you Intel, now i can remove your cards again from the decision list.

[timofonic]

RIP Arc.