Intel AMT [PSARC/2007/601 Self Review

[Mark A. Carlson]

In storage we regularly had contracts put in place for interfaces
provided by our suppliers.

-- mark

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Gary Winiger wrote:
>   
>>> Mark A. Carlson wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Which case is the AMT firmware part of?
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> None.  AMT is delivered by Intel as part of their chipset.  It falls 
>>> outside the scope of things that PSARC really has any influence over.
>>>     
>>>       
>> 	Hummm, so there's no longer any FWARC (or is FWARC not Sun wide-
>> 	but just SPARC)?
>>   
>>     
>
> I'm not sure that even FWARC has any control.  This is on firmware on 
> systems that Sun didn't originally ship.... in other  words, consider 
> the project team for AMT to be Intel.  Good luck getting them to come 
> back to ARC (FWARC or otherwise) for review!
>
> An AMT case might be required for any system that Sun ships with AMT on 
> the BIOS.  (Think an Intel-based upgrade to the Ultra 20.)  In that 
> case, FWARC review would be appropriate, but I'm not sure how happy the 
> folks on FWARC would be to review a technology that they basically have 
> little control over.  (Even on Sun's potential Intel x86 systems, the 
> implementation of AMT is provided by Intel firmware which nobody but 
> Intel has the ability to update.)
>
>     -- Garrett
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