On 20.10.21 16:07, Matt DeVillier wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 8:53 AM Andy Pont <andy.p...@sdcsystems.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nico wrote...
>>>>  How about we set up some guidelines how to proceed when adding support
>>>>  for a new platform that requires any blobs? My vague idea is as follows:
>>>>  Before the very first commit for such a new platform can be merged, a
>>>>  set of predefined, blob related questions (to be discussed) should be
>>>>  answered.
>>>
>>> Some ideas for questions from the top of my head:
>> That seems like a long list of questions and so my question in return
>> would be how practical is it?
>>
>> Taking EC firmware as an example, in many situations the short answer is
>> “it resides in the same binary image as coreboot and is a blob because
>> that is all there is”.  Based on your list of questions I’m not
>> convinced that would be sufficient to get it merged.
>
> Why would we be adding EC blobs to the coreboot repo?

I think there could be situations where it makes sense. For instance, if
coreboot had to load an update blob into the EC and that has to reside
in CBFS.

Nico
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