Dodoid's Computing Freedom Table

Shown configurations are the most-free currently attainable on each model and may not reflect that model's configuration as-sold.

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FreeProprietaryMixed Free and ProprietaryProprietary, but fully disableableProprietary, but partial info/RE work availableUnknownUndefinedNone or N/A - feature/system not present

Lenovo ThinkPad T440

laptop/lenovo/t440 (platform)

Property Description
Manufacturer
Lenovo
Model
ThinkPad T440
Image
credit to laptopmedia.com (https://i0.wp.com/laptopmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/t440_standard_02.jpg)
Software: User-Facing Environment
Free
Software: Operating System
Free
Software: Bootloader/Recovery
Free
Firmware: Persistent Privileged Code (e.g. x86 SMM)
Proprietary
Firmware: Late Boot/Payload
Proprietary (Vendor UEFI)
Firmware: Memory Initialization
Proprietary (Intel MRC/FSP)
Firmware: Early Boot
Proprietary (Vendor UEFI)
Firmware: Boot ROM
Proprietary
Firmware Signing
Proprietary (Boot Guard)
CPU Microcode
Proprietary
Management Coprocessor: Firmware
Proprietary, unmodifiable (ME Gen2)
On Boot Guard systems, firmware signing prevents modifying the ME firmware even if the ME itself would otherwise permit removing modules.
Communications Coprocessor: Internal Firmware
WLAN proprietary, but card is removable
Communications Coprocessor: Host-Loaded Firmware
Proprietary on all BIOS-allowed cards
Security Coprocessor: Firmware
Proprietary, but use of it is optional (TPM)
Embedded Controller: Firmware
Proprietary
Hardware: Board Electrical Schematic
Proprietary, but often available online
Hardware: Board PCB Design
Proprietary, but layout often available
Hardware: CPU Instruction Set
Proprietary (x86_64)
Hardware: CPU/SoC Implementation
Proprietary (Intel Haswell)
Hardware: CPU/SoC Synthesis Toolchain
Proprietary

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