Re: [coreboot] Fund a TALOS Secure Workstation as coreboot build system

[Merlin Büge]

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:24:16 -0600
Timothy Pearson  wrote:

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> Regarding the BMC work, we're looking to enable a fully libre BMC on
> the KGPE-D16.  This is a complex process involving significant reverse
> engineering efforts, writing new kernel drivers for the BMC, etc.
> With the BMC enabled, proper fan control can be established on the
> KGPE-D16, in addition to remote console access and of course remote
> power on / power off / reset functionality.
>
> If this work can be funded, Raptor would chip in a matching amount to
> lower the costs to the community; essentially we're looking to fund
> half of the work internally but cannot justify the full cost of the
> work as the sole sponsor.  Every little bit helps, so even if you can
> only chip in $100 please consider doing so.

Do you think running a crowdfunding campaign again would help getting
this funded / collecting donations? I don't know if you have to pay any
fees for the various platforms out there, but I bet there are some for
which you don't have to pay much.

I'm not thinking of a campaign like the Talos one, I just think it
would be useful to keep track on how many people already donated, and
how much is still missing to meet the goal. With 'useful' I
mean it'd probably boost donations, in contrast to accepting donations
quietly. So no big updates etc., just using their infrastructure for
collecting donations. But after all, I've no idea about R&D etc. :P

If this is not too straight forward, may I ask of how much of
community support you are thinking?

Thank you,

Merlin
> Thanks!
>
> Timothy Pearson
> Raptor Engineering
> [phone] (direct line)
> [phone] (switchboard)
> https://www.raptorengineering.com
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