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Can you give some examples - I thought Intel was pretty involved with the Linux foundation and have released a lot of open source code?
by webmobdev 6y ago
Can you give some examples - I thought Intel was pretty involved with the Linux foundation and have released a lot of open source code?
- saagarjha 6y agoIntel encrypts their microcode, for example.
- mhh__ 6y agoDIY microcode is a really bad idea if that's what you mean
- mjg59 6y agoThey release plenty of open code, but then you also end up with situations like them not documenting DPTF and so laptops running slower under Linux than under Windows (https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/54923.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/54923.html has more on this), failing to document the requirements for entering deep power saving states and so laptops consuming more power under Linux than under Windows (https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html), not doing any upstream work on the IPU4 camera platform so the webcam doesn't work on various laptops - instead this ends up with random people outside Intel having to reverse engineer stuff or do integration work on Intel's behalf. Is it better than Apple? Yeah. Is it good? No.