From 9b0a8f155e2aac5dce148585e7e590ed444e05ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:12:59 +0100 Subject: docs/hcl/c201.html: clarify that microcode is software --- docs/hcl/c201.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/hcl/c201.html b/docs/hcl/c201.html index b158df63..2f6947c5 100644 --- a/docs/hcl/c201.html +++ b/docs/hcl/c201.html @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Unlike x86 (e.g. Intel/AMD) CPUs, ARM CPUs do not use microcode, not even built in. On the Intel/AMD based libreboot systems, there is still microcode in the CPU (not considered problematic by the FSF, since it's part of the hardware), but we - exclude microcode updates, which are proprietary + exclude microcode updates, which are proprietary software.

On ARM CPUs, the instruction set is implemented in circuitry, without microcode. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2