https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreboot/VBT
Zoran _______ On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Patrick Rudolph <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 11:34 -0500, Matt DeVillier wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Nico Huber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 05.04.2018 18:15, Matt DeVillier wrote: > > > > my instinct is to put it in the 3rd party blobs repo, since it's > > > added to > > > > the CBFS w/o modification (ie, is treated like a blob), unlike > > > the SPD hex > > > > files which are selectively ordered and assembled into the > > > spd.bin (ie, > > > > treated as source). > > > > I would like to see them in 3rd party repo, as we don't process them, > as Matt pointed out. > > > > Files are concatenated, I don't see how this is treating sth. as > > > source. > > > > They are changed from ASCII/text to binary format, so yes it's a source > file. > > > > > > > > For the example case you sited of users building coreboot images > > > for > > > > Chromebooks (eg), they still need numerous other platform/device > > > specific > > > > blobs (ie, FSP), so having the vbt alone in the main repo is > > > really not of > > > > any consequence. > > > > > > That's very wrong. For instance I would have added Skylake+ > > > backlight > > > support to coreboot over a year ago if the information wasn't > > > hidden in > > > a secret lair. Not having information published early and > > > conveniently > > > accessible is always of consequence. You might just not know in > > > what > > > ways yet. ;) > > > > I meant having the vbt in the main repo vs blobs repo wasn't of any > > consequence > > for building upstream coreboot images, given that other blobs are > > still needed. > > But agree that either location is better than none :) > > > > > > I'd also like to see those other required blobs in the > > > > 3rd party blobs repo, but that's an entirely separate issue :) > > > > > > True. > > > > > > Nico > > > > > Patrick > > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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