[Replicant] [PATCH v2][ 08/11] freedom-privacy-security-issues: Clarify non-free fimrwares not loaded by the main CPU

Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli GNUtoo at no-log.org
Mon Mar 28 18:50:28 UTC 2016


Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at no-log.org>
---
 freedom-privacy-security-issues.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
index 5332b8b..1e0f2c4 100644
--- a/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
+++ b/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
 			<p>
 				Firmwares running inside integrated circuits are most of the time proprietary.
 				While free firmwares are hard to write, some exist for very specific hardware (e.g. <a href="//www.arduino.cc/">Arduino</a>, <a href="//dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate">Bus Pirate</a>) and sometimes,  manufacturers can liberate firmwares running in their integrated circuits (e.g. <a href="//github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware">ath9k_htc</a>).
-				However, it is not always possible to even replace those firmwares: some are loaded to the integrated circuit by the main CPU but some others are pre-installed in the circuit (in that case, they almost seem to behave like hardware) and cannot be updated to a free replacement.
+				However, it is not always possible to even replace those firmwares: some are loaded to the integrated circuit by the main CPU, but some others reside in separate storage from where they are loaded by that integrated circuit.
+				With separate storage, it can be difficult (to impossible) to update the firmware to a free replacement.
 			</p>
 			<p>
 				<a href="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" data-lightbox="current-situation" data-title="Bad modem isolation"><img src="images/freedom-privacy-security-issues/bad-modem-isolation.png" alt="Bad modem isolation" style="width: 250px; float: left;"/></a>
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