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Originally posted by uid313 View PostThis is great!
Originally posted by uid313 View PostIt makes it easier to separate binary blobs from the kernel. Keep proprietary binary blobs away. They are a security concern as there is no transparency and nobody knows what they do or can do.
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Originally posted by uid313 View PostIt makes it easier to separate binary blobs from the kernel. Keep proprietary binary blobs away. They are a security concern as there is no transparency and nobody knows what they do or can do.
Being transparent requires more than just "not being able to see it"Last edited by bridgman; 16 September 2017, 01:45 PM.Test signature
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Originally posted by bridgman View Post
Remember that pretty much everything has proprietary microcode running on it, just built into ROM rather than running from RAM.
Being transparent requires more than just "not being able to see it"
I draw the line at "If it's closed-source or can't be updated, it should be quarantined by an MMU or router controlled entirely by open-source software." I'm really not sure what I'm going to do when the supply of pre-PSP x86 CPUs dries up and microcode represents an annoying exception to my policy even as-is.
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Originally posted by ssokolow View Post
True. The FSF drew the line at "if it can be updated, it should be open-source".
I draw the line at "If it's closed-source or can't be updated, it should be quarantined by an MMU or router controlled entirely by open-source software." I'm really not sure what I'm going to do when the supply of pre-PSP x86 CPUs dries up and microcode represents an annoying exception to my policy even as-is.
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Originally posted by Zan Lynx View PostGo for Power CPU based systems. They aren't open source by default, but see:
https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/prerelease.php
Downstream board firmwares may very well be closed-source, of course, as it's all Apache licensed.
TALOSII should be fully open, but it's a bit pricey.
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Originally posted by Zan Lynx View Post
Go for Power CPU based systems. They aren't open source by default, but see:
https://www.raptorcs.com/TALOSII/prerelease.php
(If that winds up happening, I'll probably go for an Intel CPU for my gaming machine since I like to emulate for some of my games rather than relying on aging console hardware and, last I checked, Intel still had better single-thread performance.)
*sigh* It'll be hard enough just saving up for the non-x86 hardware.
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