On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:58:24 -0800 Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com): > > > After Rick's posted Minix on Intel article, I'm going to stick with > > AMD even if it's more expensive, slower and hotter (and I'm not > > saying any of those things are true). > > I'm honestly not sure that AMD CPUs are a substantial improvement in > this particular area, given that they sport a competitor to Intel ME & > AMT called Platform Security Processor (PSP), which is an ARM core > with TrustZone technology, built onto the main CPU die. See: > https://libreboot.org/faq.html#amd > > AMD have been looking into ways to permit users/admins to disable the > PSP in ways analogous to how Intel ME version 11 can be disabled at > the end of boot-up. > > https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5x4hxu/we_are_amd_creators_of_athlon_radeon_and_other/def5h1b/ > > Pick your own poison, but one might argue that you're better off with > Intel where most CPUs have the ME firmware in the Memory Controller > Hub or Platform Controller Hub circuitry but not the AMT code (in > 'vPro'-branded CPUs only) without which the ME firmware is inert, and > where even when Intel's AMT code is there it's usually not enabled. > _And_ disabling ME version 11 is now possible using me_cleaner. Oh I give up! SteveT Steve Litt October 2017 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
