Re: [coreboot] Are any Chromebooks able to run fully libre?
On Jan 4, 2014 12:56 AM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Sam Kuper wrote: Brossard Not a very nice word around here. Sorry; I didn't know there was bad feeling. Don't take people's word for things, Sam, but do more research yourself. The internet and even people presenting at conferences are not indisputable sources. Very much agreed; but we each have to start somewhere :) Brossard included the abbreviation PIC in one of the slides for his talk about how he supposedly created a backdoored BIOS (using an open source x86 firmware implementation). He identified PIC as one of the components on PC mainboards. Unfortunately he seems to think that PIC refers to the family of microcontrollers developed by Microchip instead of what it really refers to; something very different, a quite well-understood and rather fundamental component for everyone with strong knowledge about PC technology. What would you recommend as a good primer (textbook; website; manual; whatever) that would give someone with limited experience enough knowledge to avoid making that mistake and others like it? Many thanks, Sam -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Are any Chromebooks able to run fully libre?
On Jan 4, 2014 12:56 AM, Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Sam Kuper wrote: Brossard Not a very nice word around here. Don't take people's word for things, Sam For clarity, do you think Brossard was wrong about microcode? If so, please could you explain why? He and Blank - and indeed Stallman - aren't the only authorities who've stated misgivings about (closed-source) microcode updates. Thanks again, Sam -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Are any Chromebooks able to run fully libre?
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Sam Kuper sam.ku...@uclmail.net wrote: What would you recommend as a good primer (textbook; website; manual; whatever) that would give someone with limited experience enough knowledge to avoid making that mistake and others like it? I think Peter means the IBM PC architecture: the legacy layer on layer from the original IBM PC to modern laptops. To a first approximation, Coreboot can be considered an attempt to replace a big chunk of it with free software, so I'd guess most people on this list would never confuse the Programmable Interrupt Controller with the Microchip PIC CPU. After Coreboot hands over control to the OS kernel, it's really amazing how much abstraction hides the reality of the system from the OS. (And then the OS hides even more details from userspace, and so forth.) To directly answer what you asked, start here: http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page - it may take a while, especially if you're not the intended audience (writing a custom OS from scratch), but it's a good overview. Regards, David -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] New laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad X230 tablet, with dumps to go with it
On 15.09.2012 05:47, Keith Hui wrote: Hi all, I'm back. With a new laptop. I'm now rocking a Lenovo x230 tablet, http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/4614/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] does coreboot support kvm WPCE775x other questions
hi all i am using toshiba satellite c850d-m5010. the kvm is disabled by default in BIOS. it seems to me that many laptop manufacturers does not fully support kvm. my output of the superiotool : # superiotool superiotool r6637 Found Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x (id=0x00, rev=0x01) at 0x2e i did a search on website it points to me 2 links only [[a] [b]]. the link [a] is silent about BIOS CB. the link [b] is silent about datasheets comment. the output of superiotool -V also states that dump is available. there is also a request to add WPCE775x on mailing list [c] there seems to no answer to the thread. my questions: [1] does coreboot support kvm ? [2] can i install coreboot on Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x ? [3] does the support for Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x is added in coreboot ? [4] what does the dump available mean in output of superiotool -V ? if you need any further information please let me know. please also provide appropriate commands if it involves any packages. thank you reading the message patiently. even though i am subscribed to mailing list, please always cc me. [a] http://www.coreboot.org/Superiotool [b] http://www.coreboot.org/Embedded_controller [c] http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-July/059274.html regards, dhan.war -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] does coreboot support kvm WPCE775x other questions
Hello! Can you enable the KVM functions? Part of the problem with laptops is that there is a thing on them called an Embedded Controller, EC for short. Those devices do all of the housekeeping chores that the main system has delegated to them. For example certain functions are on it. To that end most laptops aren't supported because these devices are proprietary in their designs and the programing of them. - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 12:55 AM, dhan.war wardhan.v@gmail.com wrote: hi all i am using toshiba satellite c850d-m5010. the kvm is disabled by default in BIOS. it seems to me that many laptop manufacturers does not fully support kvm. my output of the superiotool : # superiotool superiotool r6637 Found Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x (id=0x00, rev=0x01) at 0x2e i did a search on website it points to me 2 links only [[a] [b]]. the link [a] is silent about BIOS CB. the link [b] is silent about datasheets comment. the output of superiotool -V also states that dump is available. there is also a request to add WPCE775x on mailing list [c] there seems to no answer to the thread. my questions: [1] does coreboot support kvm ? [2] can i install coreboot on Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x ? [3] does the support for Nuvoton WPCE775x / NPCE781x is added in coreboot ? [4] what does the dump available mean in output of superiotool -V ? if you need any further information please let me know. please also provide appropriate commands if it involves any packages. thank you reading the message patiently. even though i am subscribed to mailing list, please always cc me. [a] http://www.coreboot.org/Superiotool [b] http://www.coreboot.org/Embedded_controller [c] http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-July/059274.html regards, dhan.war -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
