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Re: Do you know there is an ARM CPU running a proprietary OS on most HDDs?

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On Wednesday 20/04/2016 2:22 AM, Takuya Saitoh wrote:
> http://www.malwaretech.com/2015/04/hard-disk-firmware-hacking-part-1.html
> 
> https://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack

No mention of Linux in either article.

Given the simplicity and highly dedicated nature of HDD controllers, and
the fact that their flash ROM capacity rarely exceeds 2MB, it's highly
unlikely that manufacturers would waste precious resources by using a
general-purpose OS like Linux, and if they did then copyright law would
compel them to release the corresponding sources anyway.

So, ironically, had these controllers _actually_ been running Linux, the
problem would have been averted.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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Do yo know there is an ARM CPU running Linux on most HDDs? Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-04-19 18:22 -0700
  Re: Do yo know there is an ARM CPU running Linux on most HDDs? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-20 03:27 +0200
  Re: Do yo know there is an ARM CPU running Linux on most HDDs? owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-20 01:47 +0000
  Re: It takes 3.5 seconds to copy a 3.5 gig file. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 01:18 -0700
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            Re: Ooooh!  My junk is bigger "Dr. John Grubor" <grubor@grubor.invalid> - 2016-04-20 23:16 +0000
      Re: It takes 3.5 seconds to copy a 3.5 gig file. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-20 07:02 -0500
        Re: It takes 3.5 seconds to copy a 3.5 gig file. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-20 10:06 -0400
  Re: Do yo know there is an ARM CPU running Linux on most HDDs? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-20 05:34 -0400
  Re: Do you know there is an ARM CPU running a proprietary OS on most HDDs? Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2016-04-20 13:33 +0100
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