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author | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2020-11-29 23:54:02 +0000 |
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committer | Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is> | 2020-11-30 21:06:36 +0000 |
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design.html: mention goal of diverse build hardware
Thanks-to: Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru> Message-Id: <20201129235402.28711-1-hi@alyssa.is>
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diff --git a/design.html b/design.html index ab9ab35..af8f979 100644 --- a/design.html +++ b/design.html @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ anybody currently working on Spectrum but would be a very welcome contribution. <p> -Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built on -POWER9 hardware. Even if a user has to trust the x86_64 computer -available to them, anti-freedom firmware, undocumented backdoors and -all, they would be able to benefit from binary packages that were -built on trustworthy hardware without these limitations. -Unfortunately, preliminary research has shown that x86_64 -virtualization on POWER9 is not currently sufficiantly performant for -this to be feasible. +Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built +on diverse hardware including a platform with POWER9's level of +openness. Even if a user has to trust the x86_64 computer available +to them, anti-freedom firmware, undocumented backdoors and all, they +would be able to benefit from binary packages that were built on +trustworthy hardware without these limitations. Unfortunately, +preliminary research has shown that x86_64 virtualization on POWER9 is +not currently sufficiantly performant for this to be feasible. <p> <small>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this |