On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:12:21PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
Can you change the CPU microcode (I'm not familiar with new CPU's)?
There is an interface for that on GNU/Linux for some processors.
However it's undocumented (the microcode itself).
since you wouldn't be able to update your microcode. Kinda like wanting the source code to your toaster, but the software is on a ROM chip.
An EPROM can be changed. I did that once (recycling a proprietary autochanger :->)
I suspect that no hardware manufacturer _wants_ to have such a partnership. Check http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html for an interesting encounter between the FSF and IBM. The manufacturers simply don't even want to cooperate in anyway.
Interesting, didn't know about it.