I don't know if this serves as guidance as to if microcode is functional or not, but from [1] I quote:
#+BEGIN_QUOTE However, there is an exception for secondary embedded processors. The exception applies to software delivered inside auxiliary and low-level processors and FPGAs, within which software installation is not intended after the user obtains the product. This can include, for instance, microcode inside a processor, firmware built into an I/O device, or the gate pattern of an FPGA. The software in such secondary processors does not count as product software. #+END_QUOTE My (perhaps uninformed) opinion is that it's functional data, but not the sort of "functional" that every human would be allowed to modify after it was first written. [1] <https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria>. 2018-01-10T01:36:18-0800 Chris Marusich wrote: > According to the user named _4of7 in the #libreboot channel of the > Freenode IRC network, the email list developm...@libreboot.org is down. > So the Libreboot maintainers have probably not seen this email thread. > > According to _4of7, currently the best way to contact the Libreboot > maintainers is IRC. It would probably be best to ask there. If you get > a response, please don't forget to update us here on this thread! > > When I asked in #freenode today, _4of7 responded as follows: > > <_4of7> There's not much we can do from the Libreboot side, but there are > <_4of7> mitigations on kernel side... since it's exploitable from javascript > <_4of7> you could also e.g. not run JavaScript. specing on #libreboot IRC > had > <_4of7> the idea to run Firefox without the JIT enabled - we both tried to > <_4of7> compile the latest ESR however, with --disable-ion, and it > segfaulted. > <_4of7> I tried to build ff 45esr instead, but that build failed. > > I'm not sure who _4of7 is, so I don't know if they speak for the > Libreboot project. > > > Does the GNU Project have a policy regarding this sort of thing? I > wasn't able to find any articles on gnu.org that discuss it. > > If no such policy exists, then should this topic be discussed somewhere > like gnu-system-disc...@gnu.org? I don't know where discussions like > this normally take place within the GNU project. It's definitely a > discussion worth having, though. -- - https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre. Por favor, veja formas de se comunicar instantaneamente comigo no endereço abaixo. - Contato: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno#vCard - Arquivos comuns aceitos (apenas sem DRM): Corel Draw, Microsoft Office, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV. - Arquivos comuns aceitos e enviados: CSV, GNU Dia, GNU Emacs Org, GNU GIMP, Inkscape SVG, JPG, LibreOffice (padrão ODF), OGG, OPUS, PDF (apenas sem DRM), PNG, TXT, WEBM.
