Re: [coreboot] Sun Ultra 40 M2 Board - Obscured coreboot status

[Bostjan Kravcar via coreboot]

Hello everyone,

I'm "bumping" my own thread already, as I realized that .txt may just as
well be the only supported (or allowed) format for attachments. Apologies to
all, it was a clumsy beginner's error in judgement. I promise to do
something about those excessive spacings between the paragraphs as well, by
using a Plain Text format from now on. 

I copy/pasted the summary of my findings into .txt file ("Sun Ultra 40 M2 &
coreboot - Brief Summary"), but I'm not sure if the attachment will get
through (a brief HOW-TO would be nice ... I couldn't find anything on the
subject). The latest status table for Ultra 40 M2 board, that I was able to
find, is at the link below (to serve as a reference to my initial post
content):

https://www.coreboot.org/Board:sunw/ultra40m2

Kind regards,

Bostjan


Sun Ultra 40 M2 & coreboot – Brief Summary (14.07.2018)


1.) Coreboot site: References to Sun Ultra 40 M2:


1.1.) Retired Coreboot Wiki site (viewed in July 2018);

Link: https://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot


When site/page accessed through a link (Google search result), titled 
“Board:sunw/ultra40m2 - coreboot«, search string: ‘coreboot+status+ultra+40+m2’:

Link: https://www.coreboot.org/Board:sunw/ultra40m2 (Last edited in July 2015);


1.1.1.) Sub-menu “Supported boards” -> Page “Mainboards supported by coreboot«:

Sun Ultra 40 M2 board is not listed anymore, just the Tyan’s retail server 
counterpart (Thunder n3600R S2912 ; coreboot status: Unknown);

Link: https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html


1.1.2.) Sub-menu “Support”, then “Board status pages” -> Page 
“Board:sunw/ultra40m2”;

Link: https://www.coreboot.org/Board:sunw/ultra40m2


1.2.) Page »Mainboards supported by coreboot« (viewed in July 2018):

Link: coreboot.org/status/board-status.html ;

        • Page accesed directly from the new coreboot.org site;
        • There's no reference to Sun Ultra 40 M2 Board;


1.3.) Coreboot release notes (viewed in July 2018):

        • Page accessed from the new coreboot site;

"Announcing coreboot 4.3"
"Added 14 mainboards:"

...
...

"sunw/ultra40m2: Native init Dual AMD K8 Processors & Nvidia MCP55 SB"

NOTE: None of the release notes, for the subsequent stable releases, mention 
removal of Sun Ultra 40 M2 board, from the list of coreboot supported boards.



2.) GitHub;

2.1.) rockchip-linux/coreboot:
 
        • Page: "coreboot/src/mainboard/sunw/ultra40m2/" (Master)
        • Latest commit: 82d9a31 on Jan 21 2016
        • Link: 
https://github.com/rockchip-linux/coreboot/tree/master/src/mainboard/sunw/ultra40m2


2.2.) coreboot/coreboot (Viewed in July 2018);

        • Page "coreboot/src/mainboard/" (Branch: 4.8_branch): 

        The 'sunw' folder still exists, with commits related to Ultra 40 and 
Ultra 40 M2 boards (2 months old).


        • Page: coreboot/src/mainboard/ (Branch: Master): 

        The 'sunw' folder no longer exists.



3.) Flashrom support:

        • Link: 
https://www.flashrom.org/Template:Flashrom_supported_chips_and_devices#Supported_mainboards
        • Page: “Template:Flashrom supported chips and devices”;
        • Last updated: June 2018;

Sub-menu "Supported mainboards" ... "Sun Ultra 40 M2", Status: OK;
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