From 11de95a8c6d04220680a3168d712f549f702b0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:01:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] faq: fix up sentence about xhci fw --- site/faq.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/faq.md b/site/faq.md index e4f1af9..daa0819 100644 --- a/site/faq.md +++ b/site/faq.md @@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ as well as a computer. Based on this, it's safe to say that use of USB instead of SATA is advisable if security is a concern. USB 2.0 has plenty of bandwidth for many HDDs (a few high-end ones can use more bandwidth than USB 2.0 is -capable of), but for SSDs it might be problematic (unless you're using -USB 3.0, which is not yet usable in freedom. See +capable of), but for SSDs it might be problematic. USB 3.0 will provide more +reasonable performance, though note that depending on the system, you may have +to deal with binary blob XHCI firmware in your kernel (if that bothers you). Use of USB is also not an absolute guarantee of safety, so do beware. The attack surface becomes much smaller, but a malicious drive could