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[PATCH] gnu: Add spectre-meltdown-checker.

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Message #41 received at 49898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
To: phodina <phodina <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 49898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] gnu: Add spectre-meltdown-checker.
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 01:02:42 +0200

Am Freitag, dem 01.07.2022 um 21:57 +0000 schrieb phodina:
> Hi!
> 
> here's updated patch set:
> 
> - The version has been updated.
> - It uses gexps.
> - There are now 3 packages (intelfw and mcextractor are new).
> 
> There is the issue with Intel license. Not sure if it can be
> included.
I don't think it can.  In my humble opinion, microcode counts as very
functional data and should thus be distributed under a free license. 
mcextractor OTOH looks good to me, even if its main purpose is to
handle these binary blobs.

> The intelfw and mcextractor are used in the shell function
> update_fwdb. It might be better to create a patch, remove the
> download functionality and point it to /gnu/store for the package
> inputs. What do you think?
As already outlined, I think we should go with a "please provide your
firmware via command line option if you think that makes a difference"
approach, assuming unpatched firmware if none is passed.  Since Guix
doesn't actually distribute any of Intel's or AMD's blobs, that is the
correct behaviour, both ethically and functionally.

Cheers

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