Re: How free is Debian

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Subject: Re: How free is Debian
From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:22:41 -0500
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 Shahryar Afifi writes:
> Very well said. If debian free is not using amd64 microcode, so what
> kernel module runs my cpu as 64bit?

That microcode package contains bug fixes and updates for the microcode
that the manufacturer shipped the cpu with.  The cpu will run without it
but the spyware coded into it[1] might not work right.

[1] Or maybe there isn't any and they are really just fixing bugs that
could be security risks.  Or maybe both.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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