request for support new hardware from coreboot

[Artem]

Hello Im Artem from Khadas https://www.khadas.com/

We developing  new product
our hardware based on: Alder Lake ULT 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1280P

We have plans to use coreboot as alternative bootloader for our new product

We need some information about:
1) coreboot possibilities for current hardware
2) estimated time to create some initial workable prototype
3) what information we need provide for your side

at this moment we use BIOS from AMI:
Vendor: Amerian Megatrends
Core Verion: 5.27
Compiancy: UEFI 2.8; PI 1.7
etc...

About us
We are Shenzhen Wesion Technology Co., Ltd is the company that owns the brand "Khadas", our company was founded on 5 November 2014. We focus on developing, manufacturing and marketing single board computers (SBCs) ... more info https://www.khadas.com/about

Best regards Artem

[Michał Żygowski]

Hello Artem,

On 28.03.2023 05:12, Artem wrote:
> Hello Im Artem from Khadas https://www.khadas.com/ https://www.khadas.com/
>  
> We developing  new product
> our hardware based on: Alder Lake ULT 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1280P
>
> We have plans to use coreboot as alternative bootloader for our new product
>
> We need some information about:
> coreboot possibilities for current hardware
> estimated time to create some initial workable prototype
> what information we need provide for your side

Ad. 1. Currently we have all Alder Lake processors / SoCs well supported in
coreboot. One can build a working images with legacy BIOS boot support using
SeaBIOS payload or UEFI compliant boot support using TianoCore EDK2 UEFI
Payload. Having a Linux payload/LinuxBoot is also possible. What may be a
significant difference between the BIOS from AMI and coreboot solutions is the
setup options. coreboot by itself does not provide any runtime configuration
options, this task is shifted to the payload. Currently the most feature rich is
UEFI Payload which offers some basic setup menu for UEFI Secure Boot, TPM
configuration and boot order.

Ad.2. That solely depends on the company who will do the work (and their current
workload). I advise to contact a coreboot consultants, e.g. from this site:
https://www.coreboot.org/consulting.html
This page: https://doc.coreboot.org/distributions.html
should also give you an overview who is doing coreboot work and ships coreboot
on their devices.

Ad.3. Besides the board specifications (what components are used, etc.), having
a board schematics is a huge help for coreboot developers and most consultants
will ask for it. It is possible to develop coreboot without schematics, but it
will take much more time and resources to make everything working as expected.
Optionally a board PCB view may also be helpful.
> at this moment we use BIOS from AMI:
> Vendor: Amerian Megatrends
> Core Verion: 5.27
> Compiancy: UEFI 2.8; PI 1.7
> etc...
>
> About us
> We are Shenzhen Wesion Technology Co., Ltd is the company that owns the brand
> "Khadas", our company was founded on 5 November 2014. We focus on developing,
> manufacturing and marketing single board computers (SBCs) ... more info
> https://www.khadas.com/about
>
> Best regards Artem
>
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