Hi Patrick,

what does "coreboot compatible open hardware" means here? Do we have some kind of specification for this or does that "just" means no blobs at all?

I would think that we can definitely host such a projects, give it a gerrit, docs and stuff - but I would be aware of leveraging resources for this. I don't think that we should promote this in any way or brand it as coreboot compatible open hardware.

Best,

Chris

Hi everybody,

I heard about a project interested int creating coreboot compatible
open hardware. While that effort isn't ready to make any announcement,
questions came up about where to host such a project.

There's lots of open hardware out there already, but it's often
based on not-quite open base boards so there seems to be a hole in
the ecosystem approximately the shape of open hardware designs that
could serve as base for hardware of all sizes (SBC alikes to put
"shields" on, laptop/desktop designs that can be customized, maybe
even servers, ...)

That's where coreboot.org might come in: When I brought up the question in
today's leadership meeting, people were generally interested in having
coreboot.org host projects like that.

The idea isn't to create "coreboot branded" hardware, because that
makes as much sense as "UEFI branded" hardware (that is, none), but to
provide a place where people can cooperate on and publish open hardware
designs that are complex enough to require coreboot-style firmware.


Thoughts?
Patrick

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