On 04/06/2018 09:06 PM, ron minnich wrote:
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM Thierry Laurion thierry.laurion@gmail.com wrote:
I agree. This is wrong. Kgpe-d16 and alike are the last resorts for x86 blob free hardware.
This NEEDS to be kept maintained and upstreamed.
I like the board too. I have one. I have no time to keep it going. I have not even turned it on in months.
Now that I think about it, my board has an EM100. I can try to automate the mess if I can remember where the directions are. I also need to work out remote reset :-) -- any hints on what to buy to make that go?
Realistically, though, if you want blob free, I think you need power9 or riscv.
Of course, but the D16/D8 are fine for legacy x86 applications that some people need to run and they are both blob free, the last x86 boards that are.
I've written x86 off for blob free. I'm sad about that, given where we were in 2000 and where we are today, but there's not much to be done for it. AMD and Intel just don't see this as a priority :-(
Yeah x86 is dead freedomwise but that doesn't mean boards that people know are functional should be removed from coreboot just because.
I highly doubt these policies happen in a vacuum.