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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 20:46:10 JST 翠星石

   • ? Archi ?
   @Archi Wait, the T440p? That doesn't boot without proprietary software.
   
   You want a T400.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jan-2023 15:51:04 JST 翠星石

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     • Oracle VM Virtual​:blobfox:
     @slylittlefox Libreboot is now proprietary software, so yes "libreboot" supports it now.
     
     Intel CPU's newer than core 2 Duo's won't boot without proprietary software being executed on the Intel ME for init.
     
     You can cut it down to just the init modules and make the ME hang after boot, but proprietary software still runs on boot.
     
     Sadly such proprietary software is mathematically impossible to replace, as the ME in Intel CPU's is tyrant hardware that will only run init software signed by Intel.
     
     
     Old libreboot, or now libreboot-libre can't support the T440p for these reasons.
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     Oracle VM Virtual​:blobfox: (slylittlefox@md.ilyamikcoder.com)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jan-2023 15:51:05 JST Oracle VM Virtual​:blobfox:

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     • ? Archi ?

     @Suiseiseki @Archi Doesn't it support Libreboot?