Re: [Libreboot] Libreboot on Sandy/Ivy Bridge platforms possible?

[Francis Rowe]

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There might be a soft strap (bit in the descriptor) that can disable
the code signature checking, but whether this is available on retail
CPUs is unknown. Intel is hopeless for other reasons too, so we don't
care much about sb/ivy

On 29/10/15 04:03, Iru Cai wrote:
> Hi, community
> 
> I've just found an article: 
> http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/2091-lets-enable-overclocking-all-6-7-series-laptops.html
>
>  It says there's a tool leaked out from Intel that can modify the
> ME firmware. If so, we can write a free ME firmware for Sandy/Ivy
> machines, then libreboot will be possible.
> 
> What do you think about it?
> 
> Iru
> 

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