Can I use autoport function to port coreboot to any unsupported netbook? Please let me know
Hi,
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 16:02 Alif Ilhan zakirhosain71@gmail.com wrote:
Can I use autoport function to port coreboot to any unsupported netbook? Please let me know
No. Autoport only generates files that can be used as a starting point. It is usually good enough to boot, but many things will not be working properly.
To make a proper coreboot port for a laptop, one needs to add support for the embedded controller, which usually handles the battery charger, keyboard, touchpad and fan, among other things. Unfortunately, they are almost always undocumented: no datasheets are publicly available and it runs custom, mainboard-specific firmware. This is by far the hardest part of porting a laptop.
Do you plan on porting any specific netbook? If the chipset is not supported, porting it may take years even for an experienced developer.
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