[coreboot] Supported laptops (again), treacherous computing

Nikita Karetnikov nikita at karetnikov.org
Wed Jul 24 13:51:55 CEST 2013


> Looking at what I wrote on the wiki:
> >CPU Microcode (optional?)
> Basicaly the issue is that I found that the microcode was included,
> trough #include and headers containig its code in coreboot,
> What that means is that even if you select to use no microcode in make
> menuconfig, it will still be included and run.

> What is unclear and must be tested is if the computer would boot or
> have some issues without the microcode. It really has to be tested...
> It might also work only on a subset of the X60/T60.

Would you like to try that?  I'm willing to help if it's somehow
possible with QEMU (and without proprietary programs).  What
instructions should be used?  Could you provide a step-by-step guide?
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