On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 02:07:02PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > No it does not. During boot a Linux kernel will check AND UPDATE > microcode to CPUs if necessary. > > I did not know that. That is not good. I will have to think about > what we should do about this. Perhaps remove that capability from > our version of Linux.
Because you don't research these things. You rant and rave without knowing your facts. This is what makes it impossible to have a meaningful conversation with you. I am pretty sure you would have stopped talking to me if I was just driveling. > > You are twisting the meaning around again. > > Let's look at what happened here, because the pattern has occurred > again and againt. > > You mentioned facts I did not know. Then you immediately jumped to > the conclusion that I was deliberately ignoring them. Won't you > please check your conclusions before you accuse? You make an argument. I assume that you know what you are talking about. This is where the communication breakdown happens. I make sure I inform myself about a topic before I make grand accusations or form an opinion. You keep using ignorance as an excuse; I keep assuming you actually did your research. That is the pattern that emerges. > > It is probably time to go check all the FSF infrastructure because I bet > you'll find a lot of parts that require OS assist to load firmware. > > I don't think so. We check for this before we buy hardware. I'd bet money that you have hardware that requires driver assist.
