On 09.10.2017 02:39, Duncan wrote: > Hi, > > I am not aware of a Coreboot port for the W530. Do you have any more > information?
The W5xx and T5xx models usually share the same motherboard. The only difference I know of is that the W530 comes more likely (maybe always) with 4 DIMM slots. 4 DIMMs is not much tested with the native code but you can always use the MRC blob as last resort (should be doable in a day with some community support (if flashing and debugging are already set up)). Nico > > Best, > Duncan > > [email protected]: >> On 10/08/2017 11:06 AM, Jim Hendrick wrote: >> >>> Just subscribed - I will mostly "lurk" but I do have a few questions for >>> the group. >>> >>> I am looking at a new laptop, and one of my options is a Dell Precision >>> 7510 (I like the quad-core and loads of RAM available) but I would >>> like to >>> not use a vendor BIOS. >>> >>> Has anyone put coreboot on one of these? >> Assuming there is no hardware code signing enforcement anti-feature >> ("boot guard") for the firmware enabled you would have to port coreboot >> to it, this would take around 6 months for a skilled firmware engineer. >>> Anyone tried and failed? >>> >>> Any recommendations for something similar (a good laptop ~15 in. >>> quad-core, >>> 32GB RAM and fast SSD storage)? >>> I will be running multiple virtual machines - hence the RAM and cores... >> W530, supports open source hardware init coreboot and me cleaner. >> Buy one, install your own SSD, RAM upgrade and W520 keyboard/armrest if >> you don't like the chiclet layout. >> >> Alternatively you could get a G505S (owner controlled) if you don't want >> ME/PSP - but that only supports 16GB RAM. >>> (I also am looking at system76 and Purism but I am bit leery of >>> spending a >>> lot with a small / new company - comments appreciated) >> Purism dishonestly markets their products - while they claim that their >> laptops "respect freedom and privacy" their version of coreboot is >> nothing more than a wrapper layer for intel FSP (binary blob that does >> all the hardware init) which is next to pointless for the amount of >> money you would spend on one as all it does is move trust from vendor to >> OEM not avoiding the hypothetical OEM firmware backdoors. >> >> System76 is a fine choice if all you want is a laptop that runs linux >> without difficulty. >> > -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
