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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Peter,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It doesn't sound half as bad I feared it would, honestly. The way I see it, this is what I can and should do:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Acquire the Ultra 40 M2 machine (just bite the bullet, as there's no other way around…), to be able to run the tests in a first place;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Buy a couple of blank BIOS chips for that particular board, to use them for flashing various versions of coreboot BIOS images; if anything goes terribly wrong (workstation misbehaves, with any given coreboot image flashed), I can still use the computer with proprietary BIOS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Try with the last stable release, where my board is listed as supported (4.8?), then stick to it if all works well; <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Post the test results for functionalities (hmm, where … through mailing list ?), that were marked as »Untested«/ »Not working«/ »WIP«, as listed in the last update of the table, with a status summary of the board functionalities, or … ?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you can see, I'm fumbling around and stumbling quite a bit, being overwhelmed by the maze of available information on one hand, and the lack of encouraging up-to-date hints and proofs for the future on the other hand. I suppose this is where the proverbial line »welcome to the moment« comes into play.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bostjan<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>