Lenovo T410 Coreboot
by A. Veek
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Hi @ all,
is there a Coroboot for the Lenovo T410 Laptop?
Greetings
Alex Veek
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5 months, 1 week
ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation board port offer
by Timothy Pearson
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All,
After reviewing some of the comments on the ASUS KGPE-D16 being
essentially too large of a system and too expensive for many people, and
the fact that modern, blob-free systems are not really available in the
mid-range arena, Raptor Engineering would like to offer to create a
native initalization blob-free port for the ASUS KCMA-D8, which is
essentially the KGPE-D16's ATX-compatible "little brother".
We would be asking $15,000 for the port, including upstreaming to the
master coreboot tree. We already have extensive experience with these
Family 10h/15h boards, and would be able to create a port of similar
quality to the existing KGPE-D16 source in terms of both code quality
and overall functionality.
If this is something you might be interested in please let me know. We
are able to accept multiple payments from various sources for the same
project (within limits), so if this is something your local Linux groups
or similar might be interested in we should be able to keep the cost on
any one individual or organization to a reasonable level.
Thank you for your consideration,
- --
Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
+1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line)
+1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard)
http://www.raptorengineeringinc.com
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2 years, 4 months
Re: [coreboot] On Intel Boot Guard
by Alexander Couzens
Hi Iru,
we aren't still sure which boards use Intel Boot Guard and which doesn't use it. But we expect most board use it,
because it's "recommended" by intel - as we dont recommend it.
Also there isn't yet a test script for Intel Boot Guard.
Can you post a link to that forum post?
I would like to look into a x240 flash image. If you have such board it would be nice
if you can send me a copy of the flash image via private mail.
Cheers,
lynxis
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3 years, 1 month
FOSDEM deadlines now!
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi,
we obviously want to participate in FOSDEM.
https://fosdem.org/2016/news/2015-09-24-call-for-participation/
ACT NOW!
Some deadlines already expired. Some can still be managed.
Main track talks: Deadline 2015-10-30 (10 days left)
One hour of entertainment, huge audience.
Anyone up for the challenge?
Stands: Deadline 2015-11-13 (24 days left)
I can send in the proposal if I'm not going to be alone there.
How many tables do we want for our stand/booth(s)?
Who is coming?
Lightning talks: Deadline 2015-11-27 (38 days left)
Short and to the point. Your 15-minute elevator pitch.
Can you sell the project?
All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC
Developer room proposal: Deadline EXPIRED
Maybe some developer room will accept talks/demos from us.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
3 years, 4 months
CBFS file format changed but documentation not updated
by Kevin O'Connor
I noticed that commit 0d618afc modified the CBFS file format. (It
looks like the "checksum" field was replaced with a new file
"attributes" feature.) However, the CBFS documentation in the
repository (Documentation/cbfs.txt) was not updated.
It would be great if the documentation could be kept in sync with the
CBFS implementation. (Or, if that's not feasible, I think it would be
preferable to remove Documentation/cbfs.txt .) Having up to date
specifications helps other projects (eg, SeaBIOS) keep up with
changes.
Also, I didn't see any emails for the above change on the mailing
list. What is the best way to keep up with notable architectural
changes in coreboot?
-Kevin
3 years, 4 months
Porting Libreboot to the C201 Chromebook (veyron_speedy)
by Paul Kocialkowski
Over the past week or so, I've been working to get Libreboot running on
the latest ARM Chromebook: the C201, manufactured by Asus (codename
veyron_speedy). The laptop is running with a RK3288 SoC and ships with
Google's version of Coreboot preinstalled. It should require no
proprietary code nor any proprietary firmware load or microcode update
to boot, thus it would be a good fit for Libreboot, as a fully free
distribution of Coreboot.
In addition to that, the device's embedded controller (that handles
aspects of power management as well as the keyboard and a few other
things) is a microcontroller that is also running free software: the
free embedded controller firmware from Google.
Aside from that, it has a soldered Wi-Fi/bluetooth BCM4354 chip (cannot
be removed) that has a free driver but requires to load a proprietary
firmware on the chip. However, it is easy to work around that issue and
not use that chip at all, e.g. using an ath9k_htc dongle on one of the
two USB ports.
The GPU is a Mali T764, on which Luc has been doing some early work to
have free software support for it. It is uncertain[0] how long it will
take to have an usable free replacement for it, but now that there is
that hardware available, free graphics for Mali T GPUs would mean having
a recent laptop running fully free software, down to the firmware level,
without losing any major hardware feature, something that has hardly
ever been achieved yet. Thus, I believe it is of the utmost importance
to back Luc up on this, even if big players like ARM are trying hard to
make Lima not happen and to make it difficult for Luc to keep going.
Another aspect that I still have to look at in-depth is the ability to
use hardware video encoding/decoding. The RK3288 has an auxiliary
processor for that task, but it is unclear whether it can be used with
free software or not, though the first indications that I've gathered
are positive.
At this point, I've been able to boot up Debian on the device, and the
xfce4 interface is quite usable. It even runs big programs like
Iceweasel/Firefox and LibreOffice without inconveniences.
However, it cannot run desktop environments that depend on GL
acceleration, such as gnome-shell, which is a shame since those would be
a good fit for it. The CPU is simply too slow for offering a decent
experience with software rendering (llvmpipe).
Overall, I truly hope this device creates an incentive to free the last
remaining parts that can only work with proprietary software to this
day. Its potential would be huge, especially since it's a good fit for
travellers. With the security model inherited from Chromium OS, this
would be one of the safest laptops to be used by journalists or
activists. If Tails was to be ported to it, it would become easy to have
a secure and anonymous setup.
I have successfully fixed and compiled Coreboot and all the necessary
bits and pieces for the C201, so I'll be spending the next few days
sending patches, discussing how to integrate it to Libreboot and getting
the actual work done.
I also plan on documenting all my findings (especially things like how
to access UART, how to remove the SPI flash's write protect, how to
reflash it externally, etc) on my coding blog, for now.
Cheers!
References:
[0]: http://libv.livejournal.com/27461.html
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Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer
Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several
devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on
freedom and privacy/security.
Website: http://www.replicant.us/
Blog: http://blog.replicant.us/
Wiki/tracker/forums: http://redmine.replicant.us/
3 years, 5 months
setting up a bug tracker
by Patrick Georgi
Hey coreboot folks,
people were nagging me to set up a bug tracker for the project.
Last time we dicussed that, we mostly quibbled over the UI and data
model (whether the tracker should feature free form vs. structured
data bug entry), and that's a discussion I don't want to participate
in, so I'm staying out of the decision which bug tracker it should be.
My offer is: Figure out (collectively) what issue tracker is suitable
for coreboot, promise you'll help keeping it clean (so it doesn't
become a graveyard like our trac instance), and I'll set it up.
Only four constraints as far as I'm concerned:
1. It must be somewhat CPU efficient. Funnily that rules out trac.
2. It must be maintained. I have no interest in watching out for XSS
issues myself.
3. It must be OSI friendly licensed. Jira and similar "special license
for open source projects we like" stuff doesn't count.
4. It must run on Linux (since that's what the server uses)
It also shouldn't be too esoteric. I reserve the right to simply give
up if installing the tracker involves having to figure out how to set
up an S/360 emulator, then build the open source issue tracker using a
K compiler that can only be found on Abandonware websites that are
written in scripts (as in character sets) that I can't read.
Patrick
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3 years, 5 months
ASUS KFSN4-DRE Automated Test Failure
by Raptor Engineering Automated Coreboot Test Stand
The ASUS KFSN4-DRE fails verification as of commit bd88fa0ef62339bfc3027423d230a6ffcd1419ae
The following tests failed:
BOOT_FAILURE
Commits since last successful test:
bd88fa0 fsp_baytrail: Remove use of BAYTRAIL_SMM Kconfig symbol
4013469 build system: add dependencies for SeaBIOS output
3093038 nb/amd/amdmct/mct_ddr3: Use StopOnError to decrease training time
9586dc7 mainboard/intel: Add Little Plains
b4b298c mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16: Limit HT speed to 2.6GHz
<7 commits skipped>
551b383 build system: move defconfig creation into a cbfs-files filter
10420cc build system: break overly long lines into logical units
c35bd54 build system: Move manual cbfstool add* invocations to cbfs-files
1eee076 build system: don't try to add cbfs-files with no backing file
9b5b536 build system: establish priority levels for CBFS file additions
See attached log for details
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3 years, 5 months
ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) Automated Test Failure
by Raptor Engineering Automated Coreboot Test Stand
The ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) fails verification as of commit bd88fa0ef62339bfc3027423d230a6ffcd1419ae
The following tests failed:
BOOT_FAILURE
Commits since last successful test:
bd88fa0 fsp_baytrail: Remove use of BAYTRAIL_SMM Kconfig symbol
4013469 build system: add dependencies for SeaBIOS output
3093038 nb/amd/amdmct/mct_ddr3: Use StopOnError to decrease training time
9586dc7 mainboard/intel: Add Little Plains
b4b298c mainboard/asus/kgpe-d16: Limit HT speed to 2.6GHz
<7 commits skipped>
551b383 build system: move defconfig creation into a cbfs-files filter
10420cc build system: break overly long lines into logical units
c35bd54 build system: Move manual cbfstool add* invocations to cbfs-files
1eee076 build system: don't try to add cbfs-files with no backing file
9b5b536 build system: establish priority levels for CBFS file additions
See attached log for details
This message was automatically generated from Raptor Engineering's ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) test stand
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Please contact Timothy Pearson at Raptor Engineering <tpearson(a)raptorengineeringinc.com> regarding any issues stemming from this notification
3 years, 5 months
