Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 13:36 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > > That's not impossible to change though. I have never dared to try > > Coreboot myself, for fear of destroying my motherboard, but in principle > > it's possible to replace the BIOS in most current computers with a free > > implementation. It's looking like the TPM makes it impossible to replace > > Sinit with a free clone. > > "Most current computers"? The support list - > http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards - is tiny, and doesn't > include any even vaguely recent Intel chipset that I can see. And it > includes a grand total of four laptops, two of which I've never heard > of. Most current computers have their BIOS stored in a flash memory and allow you to overwrite it with a newer version. Instead of a newer version of the unfree BIOS you can install a free BIOS, if you have one. That is, *in principle* it's possible to replace the BIOS in any computer where the BIOS can be upgraded. Getting a free BIOS for your particular motherboard is a so-called simple matter of programming. The point I'm trying to make is that there's a difference between an unfree Sinit and an unfree BIOS, in that while you can *theoretically* replace the BIOS, you will never be able to replace Sinit no matter how much you program, because the TPM will reject any Sinit clone that isn't signed by Intel. (At least that's what people seem to be saying around here.) Björn Persson
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