Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherin...@gmail.com> writes: > Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Leo Famulari <l...@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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