Open-source firmware

Re:Open-source firmware by rwmj on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:19AM (#20653611)

I'm confused about the details here. Does this run Intel SMM? Does it not run Intel SMM and still manage not to reboot after 30 minutes?

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Re:Open-source firmware by fox8091 on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:01AM (#20653871)

Intel's SMM doesn't actually reset the platform after 30 minutes. Intel's ME does if the firmware is missing on ME 11 and above. However, you can still strip the ME heavily and have it "disabled" via the HAP bit.

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Re:Open-source firmware by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday August 09, 2019 @08:43AM (#20653747)

Wikipedia claims that coreboot "includes an open source SMM/SMI handler implementation, for some chipsets" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Mode)

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