Re: Meltdown / Spectre

[Mike Gerwitz]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:10:53 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Should GuixSD nevertheless provide a mechanism to support microcode
> updates, while not steering users to particular proprietary microcode?
> Just like Linux-libre (attempts to) support loading of proprietary
> firmware at the user’s choice?  Would it make sense at all?

Does Linux-Libre specifically support loading proprietary firmware, or
does the project phrase it as _any_ firmware, free or not, that the user
may provide?

My point being: if there only exists proprietary microcode, it's hard to
make the argument that a freedom-respecting user will use a microcode
update tool for anything other than proprietary software.  In that case,
does the inclusion of the microcode updater in Guix encourage the use of
non-free microcode, even if it doesn't state where to get it?

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