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

[Paul Kocialkowski]

Le lundi 28 mars 2016 à 20:50 +0200, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli a écrit :
> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at no-log.org>
Acked-by: Paul Kocialkowski <contact at paulk.fr>

> ---
>  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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