Linux Libre is a project that removes support for runtime loading of any non-free firmware or microcode by the kernel, which means that Linux Libre users are unable to update to the microcode required to avoid any of the speculative execution attacks
isn't the update tool part of the BIOS they're running anyway? those fancy modern motherboards come with a BIOS updater built into the setup screen that can pull an update via ethernet, right?
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I'd be amazed if this kernel can boot on anything that modern
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Also I'm betting that 80%+ of people running such systems are using SeaBIOS + coreboot on an old ThinkPad, with stripped ME/SMM partitions.
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Nah they can don't autoupdate themselves.
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I'm definitely not giving shitty ring -99 firmware access to a network.
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