March 2016 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

[HEADS-UP] Rebuild cbmem for correct time stamps
by Paul Menzel March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Dear coreboot folks, please make sure to rebuild the utility cbmem with commit 08e920e5 (util/cbmem: Scale time stamp values correctly) [1]. There was a regression present for some months, causing the resulting time stamps to be in milliseconds instead of microseconds. Most of us probably didn’t notice, because cbmem is rarely rebuild. For the others, they were happy, seeing their boot time was a thousand times faster. ;-) Big thanks to Aaron and Martin helping (doing) the fix. Thanks, Paul [1] https://review.coreboot.org/14086

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[GSoC 2016] Proposal review
by Yurii Shevtsov March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

I know we haven't discussed project properly yet, and I understand my vision of project may vary from yours. So feel free to point me on a right way :-) Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWOYfKMUSZTi4tTHmGIIY27KAbM5MJVV0Ddirjp… I made my proposal draft private. As for now I shared it with Ron Minnich and Martin Roth. If you part of a GSoC commission, I'll add you too (head to the doc link). Unfortunately, I haven't submitted any patch yet. Please, assign me to a task.

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Summer of code: student application phase until Mar 25
by Patrick Georgi March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Hi all, since we're accepted to be part of Google's Summer of Code 2016 programme, just a heads-up that students can now (until Mar 25) file their applications in the GSoC system: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Regards, Patrick -- Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Matthew Scott Sucherman, Paul Terence Manicle

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Member list of coreboot leadership
by Paul Menzel March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016

Dear coreboot folks, neither in the coreboot Wiki [1] nor the repository I was able to find a list of the members of the so called coreboot leadership. Stefan’s blog post from May 2015 [2] lists the people below. 1. Stefan Reinauer 2. Ronald Minnich 3. Marc Jones 4. Patrick Georgi 5. Aaron Durbin Is that still accurate? Sorry, if I missed a document. If it is not documented, where should it be? Thanks, Paul [1] https://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot [2] http://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2015/05/11/on-coreboot-leadership/

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ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) Automated Test Failure [master]
by Raptor Engineering Automated Coreboot Test Stand March 13, 2016

March 13, 2016

The ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) fails verification for branch master as of commit e3fd63f264e1f6e2869cf5868e1810dff5641147 The following tests failed: BOOT_FAILURE Commits since last successful test: e3fd63f northbridge/intel/i82810: Unify UDELAY selection See attached log for details This message was automatically generated from Raptor Engineering's ASUS KFSN4-DRE (K8) test stand Want to test on your own equipment? Check out https://www.raptorengineeringinc.com/content/REACTS/intro.html Raptor Engineering also offers coreboot consulting services! Please visit https://www.raptorengineeringinc.com for more information Please contact Timothy Pearson at Raptor Engineering <tpearson(a)raptorengineeringinc.com> regarding any issues stemming from this notification

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ASUS KGPE-D16 Automated Test Failure [master]
by Raptor Engineering Automated Coreboot Test Stand March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

The ASUS KGPE-D16 fails verification for branch master as of commit 63db6142b6198fc3d6660e58228eeedd2eac59bd The following tests failed: BOOT_FAILURE Commits since last successful test: 63db614 northbridge/intel/i82830: Unify UDELAY selection See attached log for details This message was automatically generated from Raptor Engineering's ASUS KGPE-D16 test stand Want to test on your own equipment? Check out https://www.raptorengineeringinc.com/content/REACTS/intro.html Raptor Engineering also offers coreboot consulting services! Please visit https://www.raptorengineeringinc.com for more information Please contact Timothy Pearson at Raptor Engineering <tpearson(a)raptorengineeringinc.com> regarding any issues stemming from this notification

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Re: [coreboot] [GSoC 2016] ROM-O-Matic project
by Yurii Shevtsov March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

I admit, I oversimplified. Build server have much more advanced features. But user still needs to configure ROM, like nconfig/menuconfig prompts, as a first step, isn't it? Also, why would server need to rebuild toolchain, isn't crossgcc alone enough? What is the difference between "boards listed in board-status repository" and "any valid board", what is meant by these terms? 2016-03-12 7:41 GMT+02:00 ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com>: > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:28 PM Yurii Shevtsov <ungetch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> But personally I think it's fun. Also, now I understand, that rom-o-matic >> should be web-version of nconfig/menuconfig >> >> > > I'm not sure that's quite right. But we can talk. You definitely know what > you are doing at this point :-) > > ron >

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Re: [coreboot] Typo in util/crossgcc/buildgcc
by Jonathan Neuschäfer March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:01:31AM +0200, Yurii Shevtsov wrote: > Yeah, I found typo in the shell script. Took me a while to find. > > 347th line lacks ending quote > > I know, I should better submit patch straightaway, but I'm on the building > phase. After building, I'm going to read all patch submitting guidelines It's fixed now: https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/14039/ Jonathan

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Re: [coreboot] [GSoC 2016] ROM-O-Matic project
by ron minnich March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:28 PM Yurii Shevtsov <ungetch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > But personally I think it's fun. Also, now I understand, that rom-o-matic > should be web-version of nconfig/menuconfig > > I'm not sure that's quite right. But we can talk. You definitely know what you are doing at this point :-) ron

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Re: [coreboot] [GSoC 2016] ROM-O-Matic project
by Yurii Shevtsov March 12, 2016

March 12, 2016

Proof of running rom file: http://pastebin.com/P2WzyTQ8 While I was going through building process, I got quite a view of how inconvenient it can be - setting the whole building environment, waiting toolchain compilation. But personally I think it's fun. Also, now I understand, that rom-o-matic should be web-version of nconfig/menuconfig BTW, I occasionally found student requirements on GSoC mentors page. And I'm asking for a simple task) 2016-03-09 22:57 GMT+02:00 ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com>: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 4:16 AM Yurii Shevtsov <ungetch(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I looked at sites you mentioned. I haven't any configuration feature on >> johnlewis.ie Instead it provides an instruction for running special >> shell script. But I much more liked original Rom-o-matic. I want do develop >> same thing, but with fancier design, if you mind) I have more questions: >> >> How important this project for coreboot community is? >> > > well, that's a tough question. Back in 2000 when we first did it, it was > very important. At this point, coreboot is mostly two user communities: > people who use it and don't know and don't care (chromebooks); and people > who are dedicated hackers and know the insides so well they don't need > rom-o-matic. Those who don't know anything and don't care they're using > coreboot probably outnumber knowledgable people by about 10,000 to 1 at > least [based on the 10m+ systems shipped at this point with coreboot, and > my guess that the coreboot hacker community is unlikely to be as many as > 1000 people). > > The number of people who don't know anything and can use a rom-o-matic is > probably numbered in single digits, because even to use rom-o-matic you > have to be knowledgable enough that you might as well build your own > coreboot. You certainly have to have a path out if something goes wrong, > and at that point you are cracking open your laptop. A failed coreboot > install is not like a failed OS install. It's more like destroying your > mainboard. > > I hate to be discouraging but my guess is at present that what john lewis > is doing is probably as much as is needed. > > > Do I have to fix some bugs or make any other sort of contribution, before >> submitting my proposal? >> > > You should show that you know how to build and use coreboot from scratch. > It makes no sense to talk about rom-o-matic otherwise. > > >> Do you have a proposal template or some special requirments for it? >> What do you think about nodejs, as a backend? >> > > > I suspect you know far more about writing such a tool than I ever will, > but far less about coreboot than you need to know. Your first step should > be to get it, build it, and boot it in qemu; bonus points for doing it on > real hardware. > > I think the choice of node.js is not nearly as important as ensuing you > give people images that won't brick their machine. > > ron >

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