you are of course free to do exactly that, or my MrChromebox firmware if you prefer coreboot + UEFI. But ultimately, the only reason you have that option is because others felt it was worth the additional price to support the company paying for the coreboot development., so you might consider donating to the SFF, coreboot.org, or whosever work you decide to use "for free"

On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 12:23 PM Mason Corkern <corkernm@berea.edu> wrote:
yeah no thanks. I'll just buy the $300 exact hardware and then flash the firmware from Purism's website for free and save a bunch of money 😉

Thanks,
Mason Corkern
From: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:36 PM
To: Mason Corkern <corkernm@berea.edu>
Cc: coreboot <coreboot@coreboot.org>
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Porting Coreboot to a Mini PC
 
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
that's still going to cost more than $400. Add a zero and I'll think about it ;-) 

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024, 7:30 PM Mason Corkern <corkernm@berea.edu> wrote:
Yeah, I only want the port, not ongoing support. 

Thanks,
Mason Corkern
From: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:25 PM
To: Mason Corkern <corkernm@berea.edu>
Cc: coreboot@coreboot.org <coreboot@coreboot.org>
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Porting Coreboot to a Mini PC
 
[EXTERNAL SENDER]
The minisforum MiniPC you have linked is a completely different device from the one offered by Purism/Nitrokey; the only thing similar is the form factor.

coreboot support has to be added on a per-mainboard basis, so the Minisforum device you linked would need to be ported by someone who understands coreboot and x86 firmware (or who has a lot of free time to learn). And the mainboard on the device would need to be unencumbered by things like Intel Bootguard (which fortunately IME most devices like that are, but it's not a guarantee).

If you want not just a coreboot port, but ongoing support, it's going to cost you a heck of a lot more than the $400 you think Purism/Nitrokey are "overcharging" by. And I say that as the developer who did the initial port on the Purism Librem Mini/Mini v2 boards.

-Matt
(speaking on behalf of myself, not any present or past employer)

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 5:43 PM Mason Corkern <corkernm@berea.edu> wrote:
Greetings,

I recently purchased a Mini PC from mini forums, a company based in Hong Kong [1]. I want to replace their custom BIOS with Coreboot since it's FOSS. Prisim and Nitro has been able to install Coreboot, but they said they did a custom port for the motherboard/cpu and they overcharge by $400 and justify it due to the R&D spent on porting Coreboot to the minipc [2]. Has anyone tried porting Coreboot for similar boars and/or made a tutorial? I couldn't find it when I googled around and looked in docs. 



Thanks,
Mason Corkern
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