For workstation use, you may want X11SSZ-F (and a few other variants), which support the Intel iGPU. I do not know if the iGPU variants are supported in coreboot though.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:07 PM Paul Menzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stéphane, > > > Am 06.06.20 um 14:45 schrieb Stéphane Delaunay via coreboot: > > > On Monday, May 25, 2020 1:45 PM, Christian Walter < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> currently following x11 Supermicro boards are supported: > >> > >> * x11ssh-tf > >> > >> * x11ssm-f > >> > >> [..] > >> > >> Let me know if you need to know more. > > > > Sorry for replying so late. Yes, I'd like to take you up on that offer. > > I do not have the board, so take my comments with a grain of salt. > > > I'm mainly interested in the F-model as a workstation board. > > I believe, the -F means, that it has a BMC (Baseboard Management > Controller). If it’s a workstation board, I suggest, to get a model > without the BMC, as it’s basically an additional system, that often gets > more in the way than help. Especially with coreboot, where you have so > many options to put an entire minimal (GNU/Linux) OS into the flash ROM > chip, helping you to debug if something breaks. > > In my experience, the BMC’s only useful feature is to reset the board in > case it hangs, which is useful mainly in data centers and not so much > for workstations. > > > Since I couldn't find detailed info on it online: Just how well does > > it work with Coreboot? Are all the ports working, fan control, etc.? > > (coreboot is officially spelled all lowercase.) > > Michael recently uploaded the logs to the board status repository [1]. > Yesterday, 9elements Cyber Security published a blog post regarding the > board [2]. > > > Also how does it take a disabled ME, if you have any experiences > > with that? > > Sorry, I can’t say. I learned it’s called SPS on server boards. > > With people from 9elements Cyber Security and Michael working on the > board family, I suggest to get the board from the family you want, and > should something not work, you will likely get suggestions on how to fix > it. > > > Kind regards, > > Paul > > > [1]: > > https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/board-status.git/tree/supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/x11ssm-f/4.12-392-g11217de375-dirty/2020-05-30T17_44_12Z > [2]: https://9esec.io/blog/next-generation-coreboot-server-platform/ > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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