I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro

Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by raverbashing on Saturday November 20, 2021 @12:51PM (#29290219)

Good to know, but still

> where this Linux fork actively removes security warnings informing users that they need to update their CPU microcode

Is not ok

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by mbakke on Saturday November 20, 2021 @01:30PM (#29290586)

I believe that argument is based on the same FUD that I addressed here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29290087

...at least, I don't see any such code in the actual deblobbing script: https://linux-libre.fsfla.org/pub/linux-libre/releases/5.15....

edit: since you called linux-libre a "fork", I feel compelled to point out that Linux-Libre is just the vanilla Linux kernel with that script applied. No more, no less.

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by seoaeu on Saturday November 20, 2021 @01:45PM (#29290712)

I'm sorry, but this (and a bunch of other similar blocks) seem pretty intentional...

    # Do no recommend non-Free microcode update.
    announce X86_LOCAL_APIC - Undocumented
    clean_blob arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
    clean_kconfig arch/x86/Kconfig X86_LOCAL_APIC
    clean_mk CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by pxc on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:59PM (#29291353)

If the kernel can't load it without code changes and recompilation, due to the de-blobbing process, it doesn't make much sense to recommend to users that they load it.

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by marcan_42 on Sunday November 21, 2021 @02:38AM (#29294784)

You can often also update your microcode by updating your BIOS/firmware.

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by pxc on Sunday November 21, 2021 @12:47PM (#29298119)

That's a good point! Adjusting the message to direct people down that route rather than simply removing it seems like a good idea.

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