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>1. The operating system cannot update the BIOS at all.

This would be so much more advanced than we have now.

Reverting to an approach proven so superior over more decades would not be a step backward by comparison to UEFI.

You really need to once again be able to reflash your motherboard using a clean image and have no possibility of any malware remaining on-board after that if things are going to be as advanced as it once was also.

For decades I thought it was always going to be normal for a quick reflash of the bios to give complete confidence and trusted validation that you could then rapidly rebuild a verifiably clean system from scratch using clean sources every time.

Progress can surely occur without advancement :/