Coreboot with VIA-Processors available?

[Burkhanov, Sherzod]

Dear Martin and coreboot,

I would like to ask is it possible to use coreboot also with VIA-Processors? And how is to install coreboot onto motherboard EPIA M920? Maybe is there video tutorials for that?

Is it also possible to use coreboot on MacBooks?

Thanks!

Sherzod Burkhanov

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[Peter Stuge]

Hallo Sherzod,

Burkhanov, Sherzod wrote:
> I would like to ask is it possible to use coreboot also with VIA-Processors?

In principle yes, and in practice at least there was code for them in
the repo before - but I don't know what the current situation is...

Since VIA stopped their x86 CPU efforts the number of people working
on support for VIA hardware in coreboot shrunk.
> And how is to install coreboot onto motherboard EPIA M920?  Maybe is there
> video tutorials for that?

If the mainboard is actually supported (it might be, I'm not sure)
then the process is the same as for all mainboards:

* set up an environment where you can recover from a non-functional firmware
  (this involves being able to reprogram the boot flash independently of the
  mainboard itself)

* make a backup of the factory bios

* verify that the backup is correct

* build or download a coreboot image you want to test

* keep fingers crossed while rebooting

usually this is followed by:

* debug, rebuild, then test again
> Is it also possible to use coreboot on MacBooks?

It has been done on a few, but nothing recent AFAIK. Also, Apple is
quite determined to lock users out of their hardware, so this is a
really unneccessary uphill endeavor, especially because they're just
another Intel based system.

//Peter