| ▲ | mmastrac 4 hours ago | |
Did the microcode disassembly find any useful backdoors to read microcode without decapping? | ||
| ▲ | nand2mario 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Not really. The 386 does not have an interface to read the ROM direclty. Instead, it uses the Built-In Self-Test (BIST) to verify the ROM's contents. It's basically a checksum-like mechanism that verify the integrity of the CROM. | ||
| ▲ | NooneAtAll3 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
there are several iterations of 386 and only one was disassembled so there's still a chance | ||