Thought of this the other day. I bet a lot of us are like this, because in today’s world a lot of things we used to tinker with are gone (electronics are made to be single use and unfixable, cars are proprietary and can rarely be modified or worked on without many many thousands of dollars now, etc).
Sure, there are still hardcore electronics projects going on and people doing massive restoration projects and such, but i consider them basically geniuses, not just tinkerers who enjoy messing around and learning in their spare time while working 50 hours a week.
Im glad linux gives us a space to exist!
Microcode that runs the chip: what does it do? Is it back doored? Closed source chip architecture means we can’t develop for it or know the operation
So just to be clear, OP is here saying owning a Raspberry Pi goes beyond tinkering and is for engineer nerds and you’re jumping in to propose that you want to develop your own microcode or you riot?
You may be in the wrong thread, friend. If you want to chat about how afraid you are of what AMD and Intel are putting in your morning cereal you may want to start your own conversation about it instead.
Yeah you might be right. I dont like microcode locked down.
Already burned by 2017 null password vulnerable on IME.
MS and government will use proprietary crap to become more invasive.