Sadly these apu2//3//4//5 require a closed source AMD PSP binary to run: less freedom for user, also - a possible remote control hardware backdoor there, like Intel ME ! Thats why I prefer K8/10h/14h/15h/16h - all the AMD architectures that are not PI / PSP. Even if the manufacturer has declared some boards as EOL, its not that important: many of these boards still have enough performance for the wide range of tasks, and some people are still running coreboot even at K8 boards! ASROCK 939A785GMH/128M and ASUS M2V-MX SE had the board_status reports at Nov/Dec 2017 - yes, a bit outdated, but still younger than 6 months - so these K8 boards are relatively safe (for now). Just hope that the other coreboot owners of AMD boards would submit their board_status reports, to avoid a situation when they return to us a couple of months later only to find out that their board has been removed and complain a lot
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Raphaël Jacquot sxpert@sxpert.org wrote:
On 28/04/2018 14:37, Mike Banon wrote:
There are a lot of nice AMD-based coreboot-supported boards which have an outdated board_status and are at risk of removal. The majority of these boards (with the exception of PC engines apu2//3//4//5) - do not require a closed source AMD PSP binary to run, and ( also compared to many Intel boards which require Intel ME proprietary binary ) these AMD boards are highly user-controllable - some of them are even supported by the libreboot project!
according to https://www.pcengines.ch:
PC Engines alix1c - AMD LX - 2017-09-17
replaced by Alix1e - eol
PC Engines alix2d - AMD LX - 2017-09-17
still produced but not recommended for new designs
PC Engines apu1 - AMD Family 14h (AGESA) - 2017-09-05
APU1D and APU1D4 in active prodution
PC Engines apu2 // apu3 // apu4 // apu5 - AMD 00730F01 (PI) - 2017-10-26
this is the most recent system and actively produced
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