[coreboot] Fund a TALOS Secure Workstation as coreboot build system

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 01/17/2017 04:52 PM, Trammell Hudson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 02:24:16PM -0600, Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> [...]
>> Regarding the BMC work, we're looking to enable a fully libre BMC on the
>> KGPE-D16.  This is a complex process involving significant reverse
>> engineering efforts, writing new kernel drivers for the BMC, etc.  With
>> the BMC enabled, proper fan control can be established on the KGPE-D16,
>> in addition to remote console access and of course remote power on /
>> power off / reset functionality.
> 
> Is your plan to base it on the existing OpenBMC project?
> 
> https://code.facebook.com/posts/1601610310055392/introducing-openbmc-an-open-software-framework-for-next-generation-system-management/
> 
> https://github.com/facebook/openbmc
> 

That is correct.  We've done some initial work on this and a lot of
functionality needed for the D16 is broken and / or completely missing
from any of the OpenBMC trees; the work required to get everything
functioning properly on the D16 (which OpenBMC was never designed for)
is quite extensive.

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Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
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