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Verfasst von albertoefg am Sa, 01/14/2017 - 03:02

I hope this make happy some of you (Disable & Strip Down Intel's ME Blob)

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 03:02
albertoefg
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So once SuperTramp83 asked me to keep links to websites in the troll lounge but this made me so happy I wanted to share with you guys because I think this would make you happy too :)

https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-ME-Cleaning

There is a github repository

https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 03:06
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The ME is still there. It's still used for hardware initialization and power management.

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 03:22
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Yeah, Phoronix's article title is inaccurate. Still a useful thing, though. I wonder if Think Penguin has investigated the possibility of doing this to the x86 computers they sell.

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 05:26
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Ok not so happy then ??

I thought this tool could help a lot to accelerate coreboot/libreboot support on chromebooks and some other hardware.

At least it seems like a good step even though is not the final for more recent hardware support. But probably will not happen soon.

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 06:31
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"I thought this tool could help a lot to accelerate coreboot/libreboot support on chromebooks and some other hardware."

Coreboot already has support for various things that need the ME. The important stuff, like hardware initialization and power management, are still dependent on them. Someone needs to figure out a way to write a free replacement for it (but even if they did - don't forget there are cryptographic keys involved so even if someone did manage to make a free replacement program the system won't accept it because it won't be signed with the right key. This fundamental problem has not changed and this announcement brings us no closer to a solution.

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 18:37
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Oh I see. :(

I understand now.

Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me my friend.

So sad the article is misleading.

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Sa, 01/14/2017 - 15:23
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>but even if they did - don't forget there are cryptographic keys involved so even if someone did manage to make a free replacement program the system won't accept it because it won't be signed with the right key.

Sadly, this is the truth. :(

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