[coreboot] Official builds for EoL Chromebooks

[John Lewis]

Yes, I think in this case you're mixing your alternate realities. No, no
direct association.


On 15/10/16 11:44, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> I'll investigate this in depth... Somehow, I remember, you were
> connected with them (anyhow - as free lancer, or in different way),
> aren't you? ;-)
>
> Maybe I am just too old dummy cat, and I mix virtual realities...
> Everything is possible! I admit.
>
> Thank you,
> Zoran
>
> On 10/15/16, John Lewis <jlewis at johnlewis.ie> wrote:
>> On 13/10/16 20:45, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
>>>> John Lewis has some upstream firmware for the older
>>> SandyBridge/IvyBridge models,
>>>> but his Haswell firmware is build from Google's tree/branches not
>>> upstream.
>>>> He also has no plans for any future upstream firmware.
>>> Once upon a time when John worked for SAGE Electronics. I remember
>>> this time, about 3 and more years ago. ;-)
>>>
>> I never worked for Sage.
>>> SAGE was the first company (FSP echo system partner) to accept and
>>> adopt INTEL FSP (midst of 2013, IVB was the first child). Since then,
>>> lot of things have changed. Lot of... SAGE is not anymore in this
>>> business, and, and... .. . (you all fill in the dots). :-)
>>>
>>> Zoran
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Matt DeVillier
>>> <matt.devillier at gmail.com <mailto:matt.devillier at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Emi,
>>>
>>>     I think this is what you're looking
>>>     for: https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
>>>     <https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards>
>>>     It contains the commit hash, build config, and a few other logs
>>>     for each device/commit.  It is user submitted though, since there
>>>     doesn't exist a test setup for every supported device.
>>>
>>>     Right now, I'm the main builder/distributor of upstream coreboot
>>>     firmware for ChromeOS devices; I support all Haswell, Broadwell,
>>>     and some Baytrail devices, the former with both UEFI and Legacy
>>>     Boot variants. When time permits, I'll expand that to cover the
>>>     rest of the Baytrail devices, then move on to adding support for
>>>     Skylake.  No plans for Braswell support unless I acquire a device
>>>     on which to test.
>>>
>>>     John Lewis has some upstream firmware for the older
>>>     SandyBridge/IvyBridge models, but his Haswell firmware is build
>>>     from Google's tree/branches not upstream.  He also has no plans
>>>     for any future upstream firmware.
>>>
>>>     cheers,
>>>     Matt
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:49 AM, Emilian Bold
>>>     <emilian.bold at gmail.com <mailto:emilian.bold at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hello,
>>>
>>>         Now that Coreboot has reproducible builds, could you provide a
>>>         list of build hashes for Chromebooks that are or will soon
>>>         reach End of Life?
>>>
>>>         I see
>>>         on https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en
>>>         <https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en> that
>>>         2 Chromebooks will reach End of Life in 2016 and 3 more in
>>>         2017 then 7 in 2018. I assume the number will increase each year.
>>>
>>>         I know that Coreboot does not distribute builds, but the
>>>         little Custom roms section
>>>         on https://www.coreboot.org/users.html
>>>         <https://www.coreboot.org/users.html> seems insufficient.
>>>
>>>         It's easy making a build, you just need to have the certainty
>>>         you did it well. Or that the one you are downloading is correct.
>>>
>>>         Posting an official SHA-256 hash for a ROM would solve this.
>>>
>>>         --emi
>>>
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