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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:07:00 -0700 From: David Hendricks <[email protected]> To: Patrick Georgi <[email protected]> Cc: Coreboot <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [coreboot] [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption > > Both of these boxes let you reflash your system firmware with your > >> custom build of BSD-licensed TianoCore UEFI. >> > BSD-licensed TianoCore + heaps of binary modules that are currently only > available under NDA. > They'd also require some additional code (probably binary only?) to make > Tiano resembling something like a complete and secure implementation. And as far as FOSS firmware development goes, Gizmo Board ( http://www.gizmosphere.org/why-gizmo/gizmoboard/) is far superior and actually ships with fully functioning open source firmware derived from coreboot. No blobs, no restrictive licensing. > <soapbox> >> There is a large OEM/ODM/IBV/IHV/ISV ecosystem that currently runs the >> hardware, and it is UEFI-centric. IMO, focusing only on fringe >> Lemote/Coreboot technology is not a good bet. >> > coreboot is your only bet on x86 if you aim for open source firmware. It > can be combined with TianoCore to provide the UEFI APIs to the user (read: > Operating System), but TianoCore alone won't do since it lacks hardware > initialization drivers (that coreboot provides). Indeed. TianoCore is not a full firmware implementation -- It usually sits atop a layer cake of non-free / binary components that do the actual work of initializing the hardware. As Patrick points out, Coreboot running with TianoCore on top as a payload can accomplish what you seem to be asking for. There has been substantial work done here already, so if you *really* need UEFI services you can work on polishing it up: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI4ODU -- David Hendricks (dhendrix) Systems Software Engineer, Google Inc. -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://ativel.com http://postbiota.org AC894EC5: 38A5 5F46 A4FF 59B8 336B 47EE F46E 3489 AC89 4EC5
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