[coreboot] [URGENT] Full List of AMD-based boards that are going to be removed from coreboot unless people cough up a board status update

Nico Huber nico.h at gmx.de
Wed May 2 19:25:27 CEST 2018


On 02.05.2018 18:06, Piotr Król wrote:
> On 04/28/2018 03:48 PM, Nico Huber wrote:
>> On 28.04.2018 15:16, Piotr Król wrote:
>>> Second thing that IMO is problematic in board status is
>>> assumption that system have to boot with vanilla coreboot. This
>>> is problematic when you have to use customized version of SeaBIOS
>>> or any other payload used for booting system.
>>
>> The payload doesn't matter. Only thing we'd care about is the
>> coreboot revision that should be vanilla. Actually board status
>> currently accepts any revision and rules weren't discussed, yet
>> (another point why I don't think anything will happen because of
>> missing board-status uploads).
> 
> If your payload version/repository is different you have to modify
> Makefile to build bootable coreboot.rom then you will get dirty tree.

I don't see that. You can always build your payload separately and
add it with CONFIG_PAYLOAD_ELF.

> 
> If policy was not discussed, then I do not understand hype related to
> boards removal.

What I tried to say more subtly earlier, the hype is pure bullshit.

Nico



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