On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:24:16 -0600 Timothy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip> > 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. > > If this work can be funded, Raptor would chip in a matching amount to > lower the costs to the community; essentially we're looking to fund > half of the work internally but cannot justify the full cost of the > work as the sole sponsor. Every little bit helps, so even if you can > only chip in $100 please consider doing so. Do you think running a crowdfunding campaign again would help getting this funded / collecting donations? I don't know if you have to pay any fees for the various platforms out there, but I bet there are some for which you don't have to pay much. I'm not thinking of a campaign like the Talos one, I just think it would be useful to keep track on how many people already donated, and how much is still missing to meet the goal. With 'useful' I mean it'd probably boost donations, in contrast to accepting donations quietly. So no big updates etc., just using their infrastructure for collecting donations. But after all, I've no idea about R&D etc. :P If this is not too straight forward, may I ask of how much of community support you are thinking? Thank you, Merlin > > Thanks! > > - -- > Timothy Pearson > Raptor Engineering > +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) > +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) > https://www.raptorengineering.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYfn1uAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbTV4H+QHqUiszRRI7kp5Qd0p/uI7G > tOyL32CzMrUqekDj+A/V1gC5lYtQbjN6WzcMrBFQ9lvJrQy/GxFoRn0cHaZtteya > MmqugPSGotjARM2quWCkbIdhNGgyzKWr+BHwpImH9SyiJ0nozl4RDGDfqhqdPI3+ > 7nt4TAc54Kq9yhUlP9XLpYq6Gi67sYt0qgVXyNhekiT4a7HrG+0aLtu8mzOVMktc > /oIqnhHlZQnX6LDvNkKJkifanrjL5NXigEEB/iwaFW56Pm9avs07pQeU0wnJjL4G > pcNKQ7/4j2opEn//bBqofU3u60thdbxb16O3aBcAJTkUDFtNjeX0VNPNb56/5HQ= > =uc5x > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot -- Merlin Büge <[email protected]> -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
