Everyone,
> We would like to see $20k USD from the community; we'll match (and > actually slightly exceed) that internally to get the port completed > and production qualified. From what I understand this amount is very > close to what had been allocated originally for a Talos coreboot > build server; the BMC work would allow more KGPE-D16 systems to be > used to host pieces of coreboot worldwide. What do you think? It's not a Talos Workstation, of course, but it would still be a great step forward, having a performant board like the D8/D16 running fully libre soft- and firmware with a libre remote management option. It seems like the D16 might become a long runner for quite some people, maybe like the libreboot-compatible GM45 platforms (X200, T400, T500), so probably this work would be of great benefit! What do you think would be a good way to collect interest? The same way we were collecting pledges for a Talos build server? How could we make pledging for this easily accessible to non mailing list members? We could set up a very simple webpage for that, maybe with an email address people can write to if they are willing to financially support the BMC porting. Or just link to the mailing list thread? Is someone (who is more involved in the community than me) willing to coordinate gathering pledges, like taking them via email and keeping a list of them? Thank you, Merlin > > As an added bonus, the BMC work would be directly applicable to the > KGPE-D16's little sister, the KCMA-D8. The same (or slightly > modified) BMC firmware should work on both machines. > > 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/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYfp1mAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbLZgH/jS05CjmnfIB08X9YeR6qiPo > mZn1j0QkuEa8bIVQG6DCer405gywPJzaYd3zlahTPBjG2D8LM8F2YEp/KXvB+eId > kuV8SYqq2W9tTMrrCP4m/5wbfEhku1SpU8j0kEnCD14UCNjjEmd2eJ2ZK6rHJf9p > YvrGXyzPHBl3fNJaTEoLCGEzhEozX8M4rYdcKpLEbQZXWmJe9r94TXxMD5TIWlkZ > TPhUsVdrPLpEMmzDSa8EOB3lGx9bMTR+GplKpAHnKg0+ZbeerEePyBnd4rzTjRAj > Pk/iOvWWwdtYj1W5eIkCHtwsj4coyos1Pjq6opNfNlJQSbvKCZ3kH90TTV2Binc= > =CT6t > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Merlin Büge <[email protected]> -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
