Re: [coreboot] [kernel-hardening] ME and PSP

2017-09-06 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 8:07 PM Shawn wrote: > > IMOHO, RISC-V will be the long-term solution in the future;-) > > people need to stop saying that. It's not that simple. And, sadly, riscv may be baking in an SMM-like mode that you can't turn off. RISCV is neat but it's nowhere

Re: [coreboot] [kernel-hardening] ME and PSP

2017-09-06 Thread Shawn
Hi Sandy, On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:37 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: > Recently a few things have been revealed about how to disable the > Intel Management Engine (ME). > > http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2017/08/disabling-intel-me.html >

Re: [coreboot] About Paging, Realmode and what is going on

2017-09-06 Thread ron minnich
The original statement about BIOS -- that it was a second OS from the first day on -- is not correct. I am pretty sure the term BIOS (Basic Input Output Subsystem) comes from the early days, from CP/M. That's when I started hearing it anyway. The BIOS was the bottom half of CP/M. It provided an

Re: [coreboot] About Paging, Realmode and what is going on

2017-09-06 Thread Julius Werner
> The awkward thing about BIOS is that it was a second OS from the first > day on – while the reasonable philosophy behind firmware should be: > Start the board, load the OS and go back into your flash until reboot. My history lessons may be failing me here, but IIRC the main reason for that was

[coreboot] Moving the command line for Linux kernel payloads

2017-09-06 Thread Trammell Hudson
A minor installation improvement that I've found is to rearrange the Linux kernel command line to be last segment in the payload. This allows me to tweak boot time parameters without having to re-write the entire kernel and initrd in the flash. Is there a current or historical reason for the

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot ECC support in Asrock IMB-A180-H

2017-09-06 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 09/06/2017 09:30 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote: > I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based > "industrial" mini-itx motherboard) on ebay and since it is supported by > Coreboot I was considering about purchasing it. > > The APU onboard supports ECC ram (ECC so-dimms are kinda

[coreboot] (no subject)

2017-09-06 Thread Alberto Bursi
I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based "industrial" mini-itx motherboard) on ebay and since it is supported by Coreboot I was considering about purchasing it. The APU onboard supports ECC ram (ECC so-dimms are kinda rare but I can find them), while of course the Asrock

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 09/06/2017 02:04 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > Will TALOS 2 support PCI-e expansion systems such as the ones from > Cyclone Microsystems? > http://cyclone.com As long as any drivers (if required) are open source, then absolutely. >From what I understand, no drivers are needed at all since the

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Will TALOS 2 support PCI-e expansion systems such as the ones from Cyclone Microsystems? http://cyclone.com -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 09/06/2017 01:05 PM, Rene Shuster wrote: > Thanks for sharing this info. > > So the 4x SATA ports are optional and powered by PM8069, and they will > only be present if you checkbox the "Integrated Microsemi SAS Controller > (Proprietary)" on the purchase page, correct? Or in other words: if

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 09/06/2017 01:08 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: BCM5719. There's some good info about the internals of the chip online [1] that provides a starting point to write a replacement firmware if you're interested. Otherwise, like all other peripherals, the NIC is behind the IOMMU and cannot access

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread Rene Shuster
Thanks for sharing this info. So the 4x SATA ports are optional and powered by PM8069, and they will only be present if you checkbox the "Integrated Microsemi SAS Controller (Proprietary)" on the purchase page, correct? Or in other words: if you don't checkbox "Integrated Microsemi SAS Controller

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 09/06/2017 06:48 AM, Rene Shuster wrote: > So a case of "Dig before you call"? > Anyways I'm re-sending my questions since it appears that you didn't > receive them yesterday... > > Timothy, > Ubuntu Server is officially supporting Power8 > ( https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/power8 >

Re: [coreboot] Owner-controlled POWER9 Talos II [was: Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode]

2017-09-06 Thread Rene Shuster
So a case of "Dig before you call"? Anyways I'm re-sending my questions since it appears that you didn't receive them yesterday... Timothy, Ubuntu Server is officially supporting Power8 ( https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/power8 ). Do you have insight if they will support Power9? What's the