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Why would dropping ME/PSP provide tighter integration with open source kernels or software? AMD or Intel processors also definitely aren't good candidates for
by johncolanduoni 10y ago
Why would dropping ME/PSP provide tighter integration with open source kernels or software?
AMD or Intel processors also definitely aren't good candidates for crowdsourcing. Their R&D probably spends more on coffee than the largest crowdsourced projects raised.
- allemagne 10y agoI mean, yeah, you've caught me for sure. I had to look up what ME/PSP are -- I'm only familiar with processor architecture at a high level so I can only extrapolate from what the advantages of open source have been for me in my experience. That includes the option for developers to improve the limitations of a platform they're building on top of instead of working around them. My thinking was that the people who would want to do that when it comes to an open processor would be kernel developers.
- turblety 10y agoI wonder if allowing other people to contribute to open sourced firmware could lead to different features that could help kernels like Linux. At the minute the only features we can have in the firmware of Intel and AMD chips are what features they give us. However maybe the open source community could get more ideas floating around than just Intel and AMD. Maybe some better than Secure Boot and better/safer remote control features that work directly with the kernels? However your point is good about the R&D, and I bet Intel/AMD spend a LOT of money/resource on those backdoors. But the open source world has done a lot in the past. Linux is a massive open source project and arguably very successful an innovative.