[coreboot] Retroboot 20201228 beta release, 28 December 2020
Hello coreboot community! I would like to formally announce a new project I've been working on for the last few weeks. Retroboot is based on coreboot, and today I have made an official release. This release is available from the https://retroboot.org/ with ROM images and source code provided. Please read the Retroboot documentation if you wish to learn how to use them. Support is provided at the #retroboot IRC channel on Freenode. Retroboot is a new coreboot distribution, forked from the Libreboot 20160907 build system, but allows binary blobs from coreboot and uses an up to date version of coreboot. The purpose of Retroboot is to provide pre-compiled ROM images for any system that coreboot supports. Retroboot, based on coreboot, provides hardware initialization on supported x86 computers; it sets up the hardware and boots an operating system such as GNU+Linux, BSD and Windows. Retroboot provides an automated build system that compiled coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS and various other required software, with specific configurations. It provides a completely automated way to build and test ROM images of coreboot, in various configurations. Each board added to Retroboot can specify a coreboot version at a specific commit ID from the coreboot Git repository, and custom patches. It can then be used with any number of coreboot payloads such as GRUB, SeaBIOS and (planned for a future release) Tianocore and linuxboot. Read the documentation on the Retroboot website for more information about each system supported in the Retroboot build system. The aim of Retroboot is to make coreboot easy to use. Coreboot is notoriously difficult to build, and very much not user friendly. Retroboot provides user focused documentation and professional support based on years of experience dealing with coreboot. I, Leah Rowe, am the founder of the Retroboot project and I am also the founder of the Libreboot project. This release, marked beta, released on 28 December 2020, supports the following machines: * ThinkPad X220 (untested at the time of release) * ThinkPad X230 (tested on a few machines at the time of release) * ThinkPad X230 Tablet (untested at the time of release, but X230 is the same board as the X230T, with minor differences, so the X230T ROMs should work) * ThinkPad T60 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, PCI ID 1002:7145 (tested on one machine at the time of release) NOTE: /tested/ in this context means that the machine can be observed booting a Linux kernel. Also, Windows 10 was confirmed to boot on the X230 with Intel VGA ROM and SeaBIOS payload. (we recommend the use of free operating systems like GNU+Linux). For documentation, refer to the accompnying source code release archive. Documentation is included in that archive. You can also refer to the documentation hosted directly at https://retroboot.org/ and this is more recommended due to it being more up to date. This is a public /beta/ release. The ROM images provided in this release are NOT guaranteed to boot correctly on your machine. If you install this, you should make sure that you have SPI flashing equipment (for flashing 25XX NOR flash) and, ideally, debugging equipment such as EHCI debug dongle. Extensive testing is required for all of the ROMs in this release, so user testing is highly encouraged! The plan for Retroboot is to have long, long periods of /testing/ releases, before versions are marked stable (similar to how the Debian project operates). More information about Retroboot can be found on the Retroboot website: https://retroboot.org/ Extensive documentation is provided, including for developers. I'm currently looking for people to add and maintain boards in Retroboot. The entire build system is documented here: https://retroboot.org/docs/maintain/ -- Leah Rowe, And now, a song: https://blog.vimuser.org/free-firmware-song.html signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
[coreboot] retroboot: new coreboot distro with automated build system
Posted this in #coreboot IRC just now Retroboot is a new build system forked from Libreboot build system. It provides an automated build system around coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, and all the other components needed, and provides ROMs for users. it provides documentation aimed at non-technical users, and user support. Unlike Libreboot, it allows blobs and includes the 3rdparty repo. It is a very competent build system and can have *any* coreboot system added to it. Boards specify a revision aswell, so it's possible to specify older coreboot revisions if you want to add a board that was removed from coreboot. 06:12 https://retroboot.org/ launched yesterday 06:13 it's a new coreboot distribution. it tries to use the latest version of coreboot at all times, and provides an automated build system around coreboot that integrates many other things such as payloads 06:13 the aim is to provide pre-built ROMs, utilities and user-friendly documentation, with user-friendly support, but developer documentation is also provided which explains the entire build system 06:13 there are no releases yet, just the website and the git repo, but build instructions are provided. 06:14 it is a fork of the libreboot 20160907 build system, with many improvements. i've worked on it non-stop for 2 weeks. 06:14 it's based on libreboot build system, but allows blobs from coreboot and includes the 3rdparty repo. 06:14 it can support any board from coreboot, and i welcome any and all coreboot users who wish to give it a try! 06:15 This is build instructions: https://retroboot.org/docs/git/ 06:15 This is maintenance instructions (shows how to add new boards and maintain them): https://retroboot.org/docs/maintain/ 06:15 adding boards is basicall: add a config, specify what payload you want, add whatever customer patches you want. then build! 06:16 IRC is #retroboot if you wish to discuss development. though no actual coreboot development is allowed; coreboot dev must be done in coreboot, with your coreboot work mergede downstream in retroboot 06:16 enjoy! 06:16 just thought i'd post this here -- Leah Rowe, Company director. And now, a song: https://blog.vimuser.org/free-firmware-song.html Minifree Ltd, trading as RetroFreedom, Registered in England, No. 9361826, VAT No. GB202190462, Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK ___ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
Re: [coreboot] wiki backup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 14/06/18 19:01, Martin Roth wrote: > * When the wiki was started, we didn't really think about > licensing, so most of what's been written needs to be scrapped as > we're not going to go back and contact all of the original authors, > many of whom are no longer part of the project, to see if it's OK > to update the license on their contribution. As we've joined the > SFC and committed to having all of our documentation correctly > licensed with an appropriate license, this means that we'd be > starting over, regardless of whether we stuck with a wiki or > changed to something else. This is also by virtue of the way MediaWiki is designed. > * The wiki requires a separate login from everything else, which > has to be created manually. We've gotten criticism for only > allowing wiki access to "a few coreboot elites". People can sign > up for a gerrit account and contribute to the coreboot > documentation with pretty minimal restrictions. Not only that, but it wasn't clear how to get an account in the first place. By the way, what do you think of the idea I floated in a previous message? My idea is to have some kind of web interface where a non-technical user who doesn't know how to use git can browse the documentation on the website and click "edit", which will take them to the appropriate markdown file in the repository. When they're done, they give their edit a title and description, which becomes the commit message, and their contribution gets sent to code review (Gerrit). How feasible do you think this would be? It would give some of the ease of use of MediaWiki as before, while still having all of the advantages that you listed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsitYoACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5T9tgf/bI99R/vZct45z5PiUjwsfLGAPWRVyI5Eni+rUTV9bjGRSLueCyu0o55n cJjk7Oy6NNlzsKxe5qZOQGXgVvO3XNFfmgIptw6NYL8IIYpcwff0GLxwn4K6BQFL uo0lLb8hNM7H28rOc2hf4p198LeqWGpsgg9CKGKOckZMpmf/AZ+ONltGPRtUYLCD qTuSkA29rPtr3CfIqpLUHGThrpRJBcAYCeOSpDuXwnOewSj3i4WB4jbEjEvXNoIg aHgBcAPx+Ce+xy5MQ7A6PXiRNDWRfRQN6SpOgh+7kMVsbOM+2kOVerJtBKb4G32/ XB+O7NSFaRX1CU8g0NzURtofgMvjXg== =AQkC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] wiki backup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 14/06/18 05:28, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I do not like this... > > I update the wiki on a regular basis for the boards I use and I > can't understand why another critical choice was made without input > from the community? > > The new system has less features, doesn't look as good and does > not feature the current articles. > > Policies like this make it very unfriendly to a new user and help > ensure that either only expert firmware developers will be able to > install coreboot themselves the average person will simply be > forced to buy from a company that sells coreboot systems (of course > none of them sell systems with real "free firmware") > Git is more portable than MediaWiki. It allows more people to be able to easily submit documentation changes. The documentation is in the repo under Documentation/ as Markdown files. Markdown is much simpler than the markup language used by MediaWiki. Plus you can make easy frontends for editing files in a git repository. E.g. GitHub does it. I wouldn't recommend use of GitHub since it's proprietary, but that's just an example. Where a user doesn't even need to understand git, they just log in and click "edit", edit whatever they like in a web interface and then that goes to a pull request for code review. I'm not sure if coreboot does that. We tried in Libreboot but it's currently not possible due to a limitation in Gogs, the software that we use for Git-based code review. So it's possible to have something wiki-like while being hosted in Git. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsiUukACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5S6Zwf/fByVDDUvgQHjro6vJcrpzWSvRmyryhPf/y/Evn96rP4lCBaB9cRUVsRd +/1lggRNujj/SEaJrlTzbh+qlwXpObaGBaKDDsDOjuAREn3oXSkZ6hYzkRXbDMS/ OakFjkMjDiltZlX2e6eou7Yn2L1+J66pH5kNtXxFbINlE6LdJppRopRfgOtSVie5 3ManiKcHdMRRts2ZE/gUN5RU49jGs/pEAOFHUjb8dt/zyN6SsxGWnLS5fdOJ5s79 Xhv/C5MDXSlZrmv8rGvV8qw90QVDmx9wkaw4r+w9FCPIRBB7J5cxbEUSJ6T8eWIy 38oCoaIURTOEgG6Q6QwiXbHrPAaHfw== =CByM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] proposal: coreboot docs in separate repo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 13/06/18 01:07, ron minnich wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 4:56 PM Leah Rowe > wrote: > >> >> >> Wait a few years when more pages are added to the docs. Add >> images. The repo will start becoming gigabytes in size. >> >> > > will do. We'll wait a few years :-) Very well. I was just giving you a warning. Because this has happened with libreboot.git. I'm strongly considering splitting the repo into several smaller repos, with docs separated. I just thought I'd give you a heads up, several years in advance. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgx5IACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5T0sQf/dX9SqOyqVUHznoQpruR2pAdl4GJR3cDM4sXF2nzdHRvvr+Xfc7BDcNG9 ZjcRQAmdjxtq3lGKrFhfk0DwZ+SIDXOWPqC4EoQbo8kIAcesqW2NR/mix7wDA6y4 Ar/aMf63+KnMgYnGP3gtM6Xzu9P+nMvhRxF0+rUyAWGfSGL2dEXK93/GzY2LhXhv s6KCyJpetRToQZFuirjbTUio10PRdZ3L02FS0gHMDU8CBvnahOf/Gs/wVf14HX0k qyL9HA8nCSksIt1/0ZDwWxfgT09n1s4X4C5vrOWUitUs2wU9mzilKZaNgNO1aFGw /dH/6ke72mAQA+xOpegsSsEVKGNYzw== =WIYm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] proposal: coreboot docs in separate repo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/06/18 23:23, ron minnich wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:17 PM Leah Rowe > wrote: > >> >> >> That's going to weigh down the repository and make it huge, over >> the years. It means that adding images etc is going to be a pain >> too. >> > > Let's get a number here. > > Define 'huge'. I just did a quick check and that directory is a > tiny fraction of the repo size. > > So, again, let's get a number, consider that the number was reached > over 19 years, and have a discussion based on that number. I'm > unable to see a problem. > > ron Wait a few years when more pages are added to the docs. Add images. The repo will start becoming gigabytes in size. - -- Leah Rowe Please help me fund my Gender Reassignment Surgery! https://vimuser.org/surgery/ Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgXbcACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5T44gf/QwlO/5/UT2Y0k6R8WhtFXvyVyT/zMvNijf5E+eO6NrBDxxrDwZ7Oa2S6 hZhj7w3EFAuCc3ayZonUnvqICebLQqJOPJ50OjazBGyya33ooJTiYM9geq/PUnLV POTvScXnrc+b7HjQ9yKjEMyQf/c6AFcSBHmjDIq8O4Gq7f2JDmCKfUSrdtwgvR5t TxSHz8bp0WnXTMqHZk5DRrvXmVh3xYq78MGlY6kK/LSGpeKE0mm3k8COwkrmxYPX exwyfJP8WyGEdQXx6l/T47PCNN3fLP0jWO+huXOeXipHOAygij6oLCDg7MtnEkJ0 DQY9xfYwLFDzz4OyG0sQD4ceNxYebA== =3scW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] proposal: coreboot docs in separate repo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 So... Why is the coreboot documentation in the main git repository? That's going to weigh down the repository and make it huge, over the years. It means that adding images etc is going to be a pain too. What do people think about having the docs as a separate repository? This way people who want to work on code but not docs don't have to download docs. And images using some kind of hosting site (by coreboot) e.g. images.coreboot.org (since putting images in a git repository isn't really a good idea) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgRkEACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Sazwf9GTJyl7CUTMbbVW1lBw1tu3edltQ0CSN7VOD6T8ZGnuV+e0/iHcCNv9ZL DfUCDN9K9g6xrTJOYAu+beTIT4hohXHFipoLloKkbFioDb2urdpo44wtQtIzwNdk Nmjt8hJYfX8IV9G0zGzWQdbLHVq3DhMZ6qFV5MoZ5qkG4P3JkvXQzJDoPm0sgcst 7rSIieOefpAB6MEdkOcf587aj61x/xBAmtZw/CemsNRrYKUZVQPYbilrfceIkgMw jNqiIEMn5p9HC5pQ/cOIe5oJmo/pcYS+8K2kcw1Lp11Tb+duJODlpbu2Nx9M6HqV tD5yoJ/bkGeXhhrkpzwEInNmaWnCfg== =NF2n -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] static site generator for coreboot documentation in git repository
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I recently heard of the plan to retire the wiki. Personally, I think that's a great idea. Move it all into coreboot.git instead. I notice that Documentation/ has .md files in it in coreboot.git. So I wonder, is there a static site generator in coreboot.git for generating the documentation into a website? If not, is one being developed? That would make the documentation accessible to the public via web browser. The Libreboot documentation has done this for quite a while now. The whole website and documentation on the site is actually in libreboot.git as Markdown files. We have a static site generator in the repository (written by us) which uses Pandoc to convert Markdown files into html files, which generates the site. If this isn't yet implemented or being worked on in coreboot, I'd be happy to work on it. - -- Leah Rowe Please help me fund my Gender Reassignment Surgery! https://vimuser.org/surgery/ Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgRA0ACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5QIBQf+KivoquipSz+0hhFYOO9VSFPUDbmCCo/zqZ4J2y/8t9UKZes9BMJdCzlt reQm0sB9dThuvtANtXtLHZWYIp4Rx6m7+mLWRjoB1dbZPOMCC86U/TZ60xZfgdNo EdY0Y59LnPNHiNNq4/9VT986cg/ggsaSPOvhXLbkCAV7e8C/Yuso5e8lqaGvc6PM rzLPx+wkx26nUKbMx/YETbpI70cpf37FitIALECnYwIzCEO/0It09qw97abbbX08 OVIQLIydrHh+VXvAiIPK2RBbV0jIqt2opRpTRaf+7oLRROnBOrOaLkoVbxsqAiSR OWapHRsA8GG4JPUuuqKcpZPhueAk+Q== =CBCQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] static site generator for coreboot documentation in git repository
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/06/18 23:07, Leah Rowe wrote: > Hi, > > I recently heard of the plan to retire the wiki. > > Personally, I think that's a great idea. Move it all into > coreboot.git instead. > > I notice that Documentation/ has .md files in it in coreboot.git. > So I wonder, is there a static site generator in coreboot.git for > generating the documentation into a website? If not, is one being > developed? > > That would make the documentation accessible to the public via web > browser. > > The Libreboot documentation has done this for quite a while now. > The whole website and documentation on the site is actually in > libreboot.git as Markdown files. We have a static site generator > in the repository (written by us) which uses Pandoc to convert > Markdown files into html files, which generates the site. > > If this isn't yet implemented or being worked on in coreboot, I'd > be happy to work on it. Nevermind. Just noticed that doc.coreboot.org. please disregard my post - -- Leah Rowe Please help me fund my Gender Reassignment Surgery! https://vimuser.org/surgery/ Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgRJYACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5QdPAf+IQYb1PwZ/eihwlaSjsQgrvYRynxvbtzv6O+TnWf5AcT2UjXF2J1VGJAP MUX88zgn9Dr/ZIMW8ONGmVosYyiMuapecOkDuMdDdYSRTziK25KQZO4MT+qSSccZ 267C1m1LD7wgN8eHL5ljjHXiYS/MoCS6EZxM1546kq8vxpTKBkH/oDDfRlLA7NcH 9TZPn8aA9cgxgv32OBjf3Jgu8671NCpOJvJ+X6uhemGaqtlSzFG9bRJ2jUsruQ6+ gZg914DryaocZutnR666C8TBEmSLSJiBEw8HImwUG0lVT/9ZBEWRU7LSAAH/wkkv a6MWYADcl5qNmIGH8rJdFtS197ex3Q== =tTyo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] wiki backup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/06/18 19:15, Leah Rowe wrote: > Hi, > > Now that the wiki is being retired, is there a backup of the wiki > (database, files etc) so that someone else can host it elsewhere? > For archival purposes. My question was answered by Patrick Georgi. I just wanted a backup of the wiki in case it was shut down in the future. Since coreboot is important to me, I have now downloaded those dumps of the wiki as suggested. I'm sure that most of the documentation from the wiki will be transferred over to coreboot.git. Thanks for answering my questions. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgQrAACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5T8fQf/SrTWbtK5AeIBbWoMDPblv0sjw5dupCzXGDBlbj/WsoxMXCHzuGGN3VLp RG8nO3cS6/XAWI5J42ZMObeBUmvskCJanHGAh6Iefv3GiOuRvmX629iInUo9CDK9 8CEU93D0s2zrbaJvuh+f1bgpFmoXLiSGdk99F5O1OzGg6BHmR2w37FL6MaSTqgN+ VZSnKez+IR/PkLqLokWKA/ydHH+lr6cAKKNUBxE+FSso8S90yqmGxFTvESkNojb1 7IeVQ6DfHA4jCQ2KrOLXzpnGIRD4d6ERpjmB2k0bMWQhcOiWuNi4zfejWf6JkCot zNeMeqofahysZb6NEEVnioeCcjIfKQ== =6GC6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] wiki backup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/06/18 19:48, Patrick Georgi wrote: > Leah Rowe schrieb am Di., 12. Juni 2018, > 20:16: > >> Now that the wiki is being retired, is there a backup of the >> wiki (database, files etc) so that someone else can host it >> elsewhere? For archival purposes. >> > > Various formats are available at https://www.coreboot.org/wikidump > Is this updated regularly? (the fact that the wiki is RO means this is probably a stupid question, but I ask it nonetheless in case I need to update my backups regularly) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgQZIACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Q8aAf+PMPj1cifQTRlwv8BZxNyK3gSVTSBzPlupQKhqaGoXbB5Cl66KJkX1YV+ jJmLAIryy55KiftKd2gHxp5NVTNPHH2HpTARFgukG4KpP+AaRplmHqPkqmRv7pe8 4UWfB/fNttKgGCgkh+9ke5v/5IhO5HwjiMf0yQ9VkVIUC7RhzSI9tCaUw8igfW6o 6FyRWyVzN/WrYtwBDf743BDhHyMmu8uEJHo99OlIZX+1Jg84dX+p8JgJ5LLB/ntK Fj7loCMTCd3oRKUN/93j7/Ch8ESbvOaQYvvMzsJgKpTJevAPE4Ut0AHNoCovNWJR g+9XZyA6wurLQKAZjb4Phktk+PRH8g== =XBeY -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] wiki backup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, Now that the wiki is being retired, is there a backup of the wiki (database, files etc) so that someone else can host it elsewhere? For archival purposes. - -- Leah Rowe Please help me fund my Gender Reassignment Surgery! https://vimuser.org/surgery/ Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlsgDaoACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5S6SAf+MNJ36qj4FN3P5hnqrSKBwANS3A0J/fUQ2QsITn9DyXXrOlIXqityHcUQ 2nLND77YP4ztaRn9Obrn/2NsN4m6F+xbDY/0QyF7a1XVYL85KPVCAYHbk42yfTUL IKj69mEbOxVs97he2xVrAACsYkWusXcdi86aPLf2RcbltRHd+rfws3FUJW4yrnxI JKizxqydKMF/+Fxz+aoZR2K1hL82W2YGO0/fr6ZlHuZS8L4f8hmpbJGYdPUGcJTc YgWw+4HU9b/Nddv0uhKBNW1WXt0cEGEwweWqguK/Squ2OjBmn0KC4Cto/riuo9o3 kvPWQHMWMiKkebwA2uV5EsSU5NDI2Q== =ZFHp -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/04/18 16:03, Ward Vandewege wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 02:25:19PM +0100, Leah Rowe wrote: >> If you've got a D16 to submit reports on, that'd also be great. > > I just pushed one on the D16. > > Thanks, Ward. > thanks! :) - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrJ9xQACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5QKDAf/UzJxQERz3t8L8AMNnfcHvCL+cKLUP27XGeW8xbTWE2ceXPO5LwUuzL1o 1XurZfE2dL6o5sQE1yj7TtjTYnnDV8BjcogZNJ+B//QHAK57BpBvCNyi26IohGpi cMSgmj/O71qy9h45rAyzCzYP6NFhNstwCJrDsxJ+aW9guf+mkWjNjXQyEKKrmF2o XjPNOdW6zgVI7Z2DkCcmrQjznkHiQ4IhezrmlRzf4XJ8ovy0UgVLSOEiwCUj4U4H atQwlcphHSg+D2rd93YTMKbE4A4nJxRR0+WM9o+qDiZuWnemsGba2q/+l28XSw80 Orzt9BRNgcwxaj0L5F/Z5vkOTJOMxw== =SzfI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Daniel On 07/04/18 14:13, Daniel Gröber wrote: > Anyways, I figured it out now and uploadded the status report. > > --Daniel > Thanks :) Can you also do this on a periodic basis? If you've got a D16 to submit reports on, that'd also be great. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrIxr4ACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5QLFwf/ZTKKvNvhNevAaJwOLJ99cJdwDrwjpElK0T0MbOS99GEaktWqNasbft4g kuE8Z/i/v0EHaj8Dc4+DSOmOX1t+7vBXkmlC/RRWHn36FvFzd/oilX+LET7UQsrk TwGHBJHs+lLFAGnS7zdzdj+OervM5lQmDyf6ug0gF2X67MC5fTyfmVa/4Om7gAAZ CWy33iuu4iBMf6ml+h+nTKL4QnCL3I9nQOL7iALuaMUsWcpeu1+WNadyMWrqYerj l1M20ewLqJBaKMnRyxk8IUIcTPz9dfAu1eYUbDE7vzsLn/aY5NIbHOssrddOg9h9 c9kZ+akD24R6zcA2kFfkwaOuRV1v9w== =1sAI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/04/18 01:43, Daniel Gröber wrote: > I'd be happy to upload a board-status report if someone can give > me (or tell me how to get) commit rights for the appropriate repo. > I cannot for the life of me figure out what the proper procedure > for that is just from the wiki. > > I just recently started playing around with my KCMA-D8 and > coreboot, so I still got it right here on my desk :) > > --Daniel Thank you Daniel. if anyone can test D16 too, that'd be great. I'll be really upset if D8/D16, or any libreboot-supported hardware, is removed from coreboot.git. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrIlOYACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Sw1Af9EXu53oerOe1sbHKleivxmHzxxsP9iADpK9dUiuVIQ7H06YINImZx2fR1 TjqE/psBYXO0vwQjGZEP5IB9ZLttlxpzzmjU4ysxU4ot2c5n/MbiVV6LDYfaYt5Q cJ3BxOariZCFZGtSFwCipFmHoWmoP5Kt8XIwc7hWNagTQFKcIZ7iAhCFCA+NhpbU oz4FDGNQ9cKI7x0TptIdb0gnSsgZbVPdT+xe3myaZxWUm1f8zowyGIQE7ANoaB3D 1po6Co1HeltbGY5inCwQTLdyAXl1z60ye/G668xs2kSMsqZXbab8ySBQPMqZrUiC SM8hzCDJRfuHNlEqZ/5S2fH7g9+tvw== =6d2v -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 sorry, i emailed the wrong person. i meant to email someone else On 06/04/18 22:14, Leah Rowe wrote: > hi, > > https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.html > > please do all relevant tests and submit a "coreboot status" report > on asus kgpe-dcma8. you use this board for "critical" applications > relative to your own interests, > e.d.ghttps://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.ht ml > > . > asus kgpe dpge-d16 d16 > > coreboot has a policy of deleting source code (read: maintenance) > of "unmaintained" boards). please test coreboot (per coreboot > policies) on this board, and submit "board status" information, so > that the asus kcma-d8 source code isn't (literally. please read > that literally) deleted from coreboot.bit > > (by extension, this applies to ASUS KGPE D16) > > Don't blame me for coreboot's shortsightedness on this matter. I > simply wish for coreboot.git to continue remaining official > maintenance of what remains of the maintenance of libre-friendly > hardware, within the coreboot project) > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrIlCoACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5SFcQf+OWaTc5jDDDImXL8RqwIzw1xpOkKBkawh1y2GBAlFFEDqDbWvUfiLvvoG UtpVBURaMROazCOjR816imT0UQKCqJ8jpZoNdcLOucHcSEXNRRJJ8TQIfrtSFRdd aroSCKMDp/+LaL6kVYLAe9SA48znVdva8qPrzOf1wQzy7QIw8QX16lgSa0Mkeyay eyqdZobzXeygy2C6PLVrfhXR5XQgrNrWGDPQdg0mn7QctSRCIl+96z1hFDg29SAV OGc7dBmj4Fc5E88yYtcIuKboRYe+tmvyHPG021h4qTCIhkuMBPgFIHre9+nelDnt 1xaR4DGRWDEPeFQrIkiUMooKtqhf5g== =Xwwi -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] Fwd: coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 - Forwarded Message Subject: coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 22:14:17 +0100 From: Leah Rowe <i...@gluglug.org.uk> To: Elijah Smith <9f57e...@openmailbox.org>, coreboot@coreboot.org <coreboot@coreboot.org> hi, https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.html please do all relevant tests and submit a "coreboot status" report on asus kgpe-dcma8. you use this board for "critical" applications relative to your own interests, e.d.ghttps://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.html . asus kgpe dpge-d16 d16 coreboot has a policy of deleting source code (read: maintenance) of "unmaintained" boards). please test coreboot (per coreboot policies) on this board, and submit "board status" information, so that the asus kcma-d8 source code isn't (literally. please read that literally) deleted from coreboot.bit (by extension, this applies to ASUS KGPE D16) Don't blame me for coreboot's shortsightedness on this matter. I simply wish for coreboot.git to continue remaining official maintenance of what remains of the maintenance of libre-friendly hardware, within the coreboot project) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrH4+AACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5TX9wf/YwM/BApVIgryUs6uIXihbd1KqP1d2zdeFIMtnPWcSpp9gC9+Fz6pIK8q /zm2bjjZyNvWlGA9zkjLod9tTezONHWmpYTlzEgydfVKY5fP+u9TuKztqdhXdaEW daUZJFAYkoHwk0F6wFZyC27V1p2BYZVE1Bh51cy+u+HJTMFJ9Jrf0PzvT8IfFPw3 F0OHNNaTaQ9/9+3Qv+VWlbzQ8pPxq+wcbab2y6yd3qGbHPwKOkip4LK+kQW99O+1 27I7PIw1tHaawdX0SunKt0iJ0UHcafgbM8ReVX4vUvJkL97N6qL40LPnbGplPYQ0 aOgSOVkVrapJYx0fle6PyTqTdBEk0A== =g5lV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 hi, https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.html please do all relevant tests and submit a "coreboot status" report on asus kgpe-dcma8. you use this board for "critical" applications relative to your own interests, e.d.ghttps://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2018-April/086449.html . asus kgpe dpge-d16 d16 coreboot has a policy of deleting source code (read: maintenance) of "unmaintained" boards). please test coreboot (per coreboot policies) on this board, and submit "board status" information, so that the asus kcma-d8 source code isn't (literally. please read that literally) deleted from coreboot.bit (by extension, this applies to ASUS KGPE D16) Don't blame me for coreboot's shortsightedness on this matter. I simply wish for coreboot.git to continue remaining official maintenance of what remains of the maintenance of libre-friendly hardware, within the coreboot project) - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://sfconservancy.org/ https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlrH4ykACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Rshgf8C7+6PG6u6qTPEx+ObrA2ibQrJ37TjRau2J5OoCM5lfNf6A86OKbPB9sW 0fm5bD1vsGrEfyQsUxCqbrQ8WKMZ2j1yJXYSWJLfdq4Cltfvy+mzt4Fl0DSOpJ3s PAGyqTAK9+MUAxJxra6nVj0zrXznf1z+LgQxBCKaB+wM6yzbbq8jtpshSvaM/rAu q1ZDyk9M4VsIRxMY5/NqYvtp5pZ2nYFaKJoXGvk2pKA8wkcRN1I130YdbbDG4sOQ 7AEfOEb06nmcGAJDUmAmPTc+9ZzjoJZteDBjsv7WX6hGSW381tvlPAj9YujwUkng QwilQ2YQDp+m3J7W1yOfTWVivVMgow== =L20B -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Timothy, I think that you should heavily promote the TALOS on the coreboot list and also ask to have it promoted on the vendors page on coreboot.org. The kind of people that want the hardware you sell are here in the coreboot community in large numbers. Of course, this is assuming that the leadership in coreboot would permit you to promote it here. While not technically coreboot, it is indeed libre hardware that you are selling, and does come with free boot firmware similar to coreboot. For this reason, I personally (with approval from other members of the project) added you to libreboot.org aswell; see: https://libreboot.org/suppliers.html#raptor-engineering https://libreboot.org/news/talos.html It's very important for the sake of the free software movement that your TALOS II effort succeeds and thrives. On 31/08/17 19:07, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 08/31/2017 03:23 AM, Merlin Büge wrote: >> On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:09:51 -0400 "taii...@gmx.com" >> <taii...@gmx.com> wrote: > >>> On 08/30/2017 03:28 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>> >>>>> POWER9 workstations are already coming on the market: >>>>> >>>>> https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ >>>>> >>>>> Note that IBM selling similar machines directly would >>>>> likely be more expensive, not less, based on POWER8 price >>>>> comparisons between IBM and other vendors. People purchase >>>>> IBM branded products for extreme reliability, not to get >>>>> cheap equipment... >>> Damn that is sick as hell! you guys actually pulled it off! how >>> did you get the funding? how have I not heard about this >>> before? > >> Yeah, I wonder why it was not announced on this list. Although >> not directly coreboot related, there probably is strong interest >> here within this community. > >> There is also a channel on freenode: #talos-workstation > >> From what I've heard, pre-orders will close very soon, and it's >> unknown if there will be a second production run of the >> boards... > >> Timothy, maybe you could shed some light on it? > > >> Cheers, > >> Merlin > > Well, I didn't want to spam the list; that was the main reason for > the lack of a separate announcement here. OpenPOWER systems don't > have a good reason to use coreboot versus the already open > hostboot, and now with DDR4 in use on the POWER9 a coreboot port is > going to be even harder than it would have been on POWER8. > > That being said, since there does appear to be interest, I'll > mention that the Talos™ II pre-order system is largely driven by > the fact that the POWER9 CPU has not yet been officially released. > Raptor Computing Systems is the first vendor on the market and the > only vendor to be shipping systems along with the first POWER9 CPUs > scheduled for Q4 this year. Additionally, the Talos™ II retains > unique features not found on any other OpenPOWER machine, including > the ability to self-host critical programmable logic components. > > Cost is far less than Talos I largely due to a higher level of > integration on the POWER9 CPU. TDPs are far less than POWER8 (90W > for the bundled CPU) and we are confident that this machine is a > worthy replacement for x86 workstation systems that are not locked > to proprietary software. > > There's an FAQ page here which also goes into more detail: > > https://raptorcs.com/content/base/faq.html > > On our current schedule preorders for shipment this year close the > middle of next month, so if you'd like to be among the first to > have a Talos™ II please get your pre-order in ASAP! > > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlmpxEIACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5TIjAf/X3H1J1vvZPGWSoLXahREbnOqKNHeTPt0uHFBTKni+Eb8c+3MLBTWcWRj D6KR4uKQ16l3ALQb7BxN98RFWwQpAtSNGzeDuJcIrNRp8r+T01bZF8c8bMZq2p0u yMQSHWJmAJ6LlGOV4F2VwRYcLkBA0yi8SthizUzLWcHnaqxLLRZwc4QQLkssi5X1 6QvI2+EPqjQQ9xMiJEPNxATYQknC1Vw82WSlsjUGes6vU4C3BtnKTz8oEIAtujIs OHXLmG3T+DchR6WLX1Tj5DVz2bWQ5b0ljoxL25Ex/D2faCULsbVXES+d85VOZTxy gsT8uQdx7BO+OwppFVwPughnaLovFA== =JAlG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 29/08/17 19:15, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 08/29/2017 06:10 AM, Rene Shuster wrote: >> Wow. > > My favorite part is where the NSA itself basically admits that the > ME can't be trusted! I wonder if they are looking at other > architectures or if this HAP bit was enough for their needs? > > So is this completely disabled, and not just "neutralized"? - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer and project founder. Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free BIOS - https://libreboot.org/ Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. Support computer user freedom https://fsf.org/ - https://gnu.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlmlxzoACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5RHPwf/TOLN0lvoyrFHZ1aj3QXCG/1pp5CmuIWU0NuEO4d2YyTyjT1NkdLzTmuG 1E1fNmbBN1XIciScmDPcXrccQzcwTI9LcY9Gt7E00Uf9Pxt/GkOIiaPWQN85E6NE KLepNuz6pSrNvYkWhVxrDe2Ft3nRflxyPbcUFNzjFz+zm7MmfoBJ0WFT7p9y6/zy l5LNGsiBgb/48141TzQNOF32dZUF1LGS0xrkkH7xhm2B9dnZVJjafN3tfdFmUHRw dONkLqN7J+cHJzfbzriNFdHWpdRhlK+urdqtTBt/UxWVF1YKjygvdZ6ONXmKLOXl QUOjOnstdU/oljH256ml3HSH0XhBiA== =UEAF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] call on AMD to release src+specs+datasheets for ryzen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Ron, On 03/03/17 23:26, ron minnich wrote: > We could target putting a meeting with AMD together at the Denver > meeting or the one in the fall. ron Yes, this is what I'm banking on. If coreboot can arrange that, and get AMD in its meetings then that would be great. That, plus raising public awareness and showing demand from the public. That's what I'm trying to do here, but we need people in coreboot to help out since coreboot has better relations with AMD that libreboot does. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAli6IjMACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Tt8wf+KjSBw+Ghkq4szfcafAhlhhctrZQaMdVq8of4kK/dgDTqIuTHTzyad7Ab VFRsBeiEHRQGqp57EUZkfc5zKAdxuSZcSQvZx8bGpnSUnej83IXQytA7YurTpvBo aEInxqgh8m27QBFgu71OJvnZPP8TuN9qbTlZIHkRWr5uxR73OwmbubqUOaf4MHw5 yPMSMWj3qEAstKiKJy/xrc9RyaiGqGJi+sO5HIUQM6N24QGTWdMu1cLKya5ilnWd GCoWT53AsD2cammg5bNamOPoCqvhsMxUbMOLGsp9q+vlkstBkpgP7JzAFdq8BHjB GIDPrbtFOAt58y/b6HvDnblKRcyfJQ== =ajuw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] call on AMD to release src+specs+datasheets for ryzen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, https://libreboot.org/amd-libre/ We call on coreboot to join us in our campaign to convince AMD to start cooperating with the libre hardware community again. Are there people in coreboot already doing this? - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAli5wy0ACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5SjBQf+NCfTdd5WPPW9KDAD/UtvddNtjKrtwQz/50wR2mxuwqoiESq2M4pPk9C4 17zVqTPbQYESk5+smT4h3fnqVG5HvqhDJHpwEchq4x/PO0ZgsEGbDNpjt9FjOv6M 82U/RT33wW/X3KvPKhywYNOp5qhYzUN7DL4275cgikKsqLk9izbRxUE6lgTbcSTU 3mjTlRfyCr46EKEsB+c+qmbWAhaIrnu/6Vuv3LHZfO1iFEOQKmnZEvoNNnEGMPKY JQF/B3kuf3jcJ9yq4nhIQO9pBEAB2CuuYPn4XZZArHJS1OZX7ILMO2zj2o8favDf 5SWR2o2zEui3LZkwj8gwCPz3VF4Rag== =3Ke8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] x220 tablet flash chip
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 hi, can someone with an X220 Tablet tell me whether it's wson or soic8? - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlixSTwACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5Q23Qf9HVtILM/6shbAQGNdhIFQV7eTSPp25JVBAx2yY8PTlaedmipT0zaESalE v7UM7eV3egYsFYZHSPylx/v+WlWEDPb4bHkAYeAwiv3RCFx7phwk3MX2kr8Zq6UJ LifULv9LLyA1SZPZqB8v5+BfuCfJS22u1k4VVqSc/PyZENxtEU5KBObo6v4YRvW9 GhrQhslfUtkFrl6XyBjnrxqaKlSYoMy80LUWm5WThNgDOuOZSVwM36cuNdlsc2VI xj/t9ccHX0qftUVVx4rvAKPYGvtPCT/J9Dalo4qxsOxOt8AJ6eb7T+70rS5X39wY 812nI8G3cqWiwCaZqm22g2zZxQmEgQ== =j43+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] Libreboot X220 pre-order from Minifree - libre firmware preinstalled
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, Minifree has launched a new freedom-friendly laptop, with the free and open source Libreboot BIOS replacement, and Debian GNU+Linux preinstalled. This is the first modern laptop available with entirely libre software at every level, with no backdoors or rootkits like with the larger companies, and it's available on pre-order today. This is good for security-conscious people who believe in Free Software, and want a system that they can trust. This includes businesses, professionals, governments and any other application where data privacy is a must. It's also good generally for those who wish to use a system that respects their freedom. Here it is (more information is on the page): https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x220/ This has positive implications for security in terms of auditability, and therefore privacy in general (no backdoors!). It's also free software friendly, so there are zero binary blobs and zero proprietary software running on it in the OS or BIOS. You have all of the four freedoms over each part of the boot process, which means that you the user are in full control. For the first time ever, it is possible for companies to use libreboot-enabled hardware. The Libreboot X220 is an upgrade from the existing Libreboot X200 that was sold previously. Here are just some of the improvements with the X22 0: * Has a touchpad and trackpoint mouse pointer. The X200 only had the trackpoint * Higher battery life * SATA III support (6Gbps possible on SSD. The X200 can only do 3Gbps SATA II) * 2nd mSATA SSD possible in the 2nd mini PCI-E slot (mSATA drives not yet sold by Minifree) * much faster CPU (core i5/i7 on X220, core 2 duo on X200) *per CPU core*, and has more CPU cores (X220 is quad-core, vs X200 which is dual-core). This makes serious professional software development possible, aswell as enabling all kinds of other high performance use case scenarios which previously the libre software community had fallen short on. * LED backlit panel instead of CCFL (X200 uses CCFL). LED is more reliable (lasts longer without dimming over time). Better colour/contrast compared to X200. Brighter backlight. * much faster video performance (Intel HD 3000 on X220, vs Intel GMA 4500MHD on X200) * higher screen resolution (1366×768 on X220, vs 1280×800 on X200) * DisplayPort digital video output built in (X200 only has VGA) * supports more RAM (up to 16GiB, versus X200 which only supports 8GiB) * current hardware. Moores law has slowed down in recent years; the X220 is roughly on par with performance standards for even the most demanding of software developers. The X220 is a popular laptop for hackers and professional users alike * larger ESC key * better CPU cooling (and more power-efficient CPU) * USB 3.0 possible (with the Core i7 model. NOTE: untested) * Better webcam (720p HD with a decent microphone, compared to X200 which has low resolution webcam) – NOTE: not all X220 laptops from Minifree have webcams. If you want it, tell us and we’ll make sure to ship one that has it. Spread the word! - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlimyuEACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5QIfwf/dJWD7vrIZf8WHKvCxbvPdiAellQkgZjzOY9CWWeARufwrT21IlZ+YJCK 6wkhhl4yYysEv72WkRqPv30sPBLoNse95fmp+laA34ifPpUeQ6mAoJIYC01GdVTk kHLYGid1KtLfk2aRvEkWeXWa4u5GOivA6Ef7DGBa2lQveKJx7WpLhYHHBKljVzsg aqqf/mgYntjgh9s31mqR1z57DtvpXuyjrgwZkZOcrD78Msx8s0T6VmGIX+O8c6uc C9B0C1FsddLJfhIN9wmv63JWxYdqf6loNVGdSzwQI/0WR7uUgHR9sFPQDEN296rS snIN2CfEx8bzvFOs71mwUSXl4hMmSw== =L04I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Does have X220 SOIC8, WSON or either flash chip form factor?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 (I'm referring to SPI/LPC for the boot firmware where coreboot goes) On 16/02/17 17:25, Leah Rowe wrote: > Hi, > > Pretty much as the subject suggests. Can someone advise? > > I'm informed that X220 laptops with the M25PX64 flash chip are > WSON instead of SOIC8. > > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE+JRrnG26iGmvPhSA/0W3TPnRz5QFAlil4WkACgkQ/0W3TPnR z5RsjAgAovjZVBNbr1xNpxTapW0OEsVE1sIj2CUn34Tx/ikb4JlEgN+Wj/XufrYe 90ZG2uRwVgQIkSn+gWrzv0JM9REsulqCaoEISsHEdsYC1TDrNj65hcQi0dmHrcUC fXLXliDJ+Q2V5CtFmA8jI6+wjevDbJXz/y2pY1wZFdxP3MUFiUlyMmyhomxJMDHn gfrtCCrlwzS8Yi9cL8Ih0mkIDvLIk6DJ/VZsVTvgKbndwc4PoONBt+cgDMxODMlg Jl1MoeyuLj54lX3xvTcV+4knH2hIOcaBQ0RSt955b7PJf/3FHOyLblb2zvIUqXz9 YbrZ4Nh+Aa0lrpMo41E9t2xTS/ca1w== =TBzD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation board port offer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I would also like to point out that Timothy is a psychopath. The reason I told him I couldn't pay the final 15k on the KCMA-D8 is because I would have ended up *homeless* if I did. He told me he didn't care, and that I didn't deserve a home or to eat properly. He only cared about that 15k, despite the fact that I already paid the full 75 for the D16 contract, and despite all the positive endorsement and support that I gave TALOS on libreboot.org when that campaign was still running. I had every intention of paying Timothy that 15k, if I became able to. But now that will not happen, as a result of what he has done and said in the last 24 hours. On 20/01/17 13:15, Leah Rowe wrote: > I'm just going to paste what I wrote on phoronix's comments > section. > > On 19/01/17 17:58, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> Sorry to revive an old thread, but as many of you are aware >> Minifree (Leah Rowe) contracted with us to port the KCMA-D8 and >> release it. We performed this work and the KCMA-D8 continues to >> operate, however Minifree has decided not to pay their contract >> on this work. We strongly recommend that no person do any >> business with Minifree or its founder Leah Rowe, as they do not >> honor their legally binding contracts. > > > > I'm perfectly happy for Raptor to publicly complain. This is only > fair, and they have the right. However, there are certain facts > that I would like to point out clearly for the community. > > Fact 1: I paid 100% of the KGPE-D16 contract with was 75k USD I > did not pay the KCMA-D8 contract which was 15k. Timothy's email > implies that I barely paid any of it. The D8 was a mere extension > on top of the D16 and was a few weeks work for Timothy. The article > also implies that I was unwilling to pay the remaining 15k. I was > actually *unable* to pay. Big difference. I fully paid for the > KGPE-D16 contract, and D16 is all that Minifree sells. Most people > don't use D8 and it wasn't viable to sell. I would also like to > point out that several organisations now use the KGPE-D16 with > libreboot. This includes the Free Software Foundation, to host > their websites. I personally sacrificed a lot to pull that off. I > find it deeply insulting that Timothy causes all this fuss about > the D8. The D8 port was also missold to me. I was lead to believe > that the hardware was readily available when it wasn't (unlike D16 > hardware), so the work for the D8 was more or less a waste of > resources. > > Fact 2: Libreboot is not a dead project. We are currently working > on a new release behind the scenes. We've merged an entirely new > build system that was written from scratch, to replace the old one > (the one that is "stagnant and hard to use" according to the > article). It's in the libreboot git repository as I speak, it was > merged a few days ago. Please mention this. The new build system is > extremely modern, flexible and easy to use. It adds many features > which the old build system lacked, such as (but certainly not > limited to): * easy ability to build and integrate linux kernel > payloads (*hint* petitboot *hint*) * integrates all > chromebook-related utils, for rockchip ARM chromebooks * integrates > chromeos flashrom, in addition to upstream flashrom * generally > better design, more modular, easier to maintain, easier to build * > plus a whole host of other advantages * about 10 new chromebooks > have been added to libreboot. So much for libreboot being dead, > eh? > > Please also mention that Libreboot is actually abandoning coreboot > and will be using Librecore as upstream. This will be covered in > my upcoming FOSDEM talk too. We have been quite public about this > already, on the Libreboot bug tracker. > > I would also like to point out, that so far Raptor Engineering has > not fixed the bug on KGPE-D16 where above 128GiB RAM becomes > unstable to the point of being unusable. Only up to 128GiB works. > This is less than what the contract suggests. They also released > source code that was broken; memory initialization was broken on > most memory modules. It took 6 months after the initial release of > the KGPE-D16 source code for them to make memory initialization > work, and even now raminit only works with a few modules. > > This is in addition to other bugs which they haven't fixed. I also > have IRC logs of private conversations between me and Timothy, > where he states that he's willing to let the free/libre hardware > movement crash and burn. This was before the dispute that happened > yesterday regarding payment. > > > > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_so
Re: [coreboot] ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation board port offer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I'm just going to paste what I wrote on phoronix's comments section. On 19/01/17 17:58, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Sorry to revive an old thread, but as many of you are aware > Minifree (Leah Rowe) contracted with us to port the KCMA-D8 and > release it. We performed this work and the KCMA-D8 continues to > operate, however Minifree has decided not to pay their contract on > this work. We strongly recommend that no person do any business > with Minifree or its founder Leah Rowe, as they do not honor their > legally binding contracts. > > I'm perfectly happy for Raptor to publicly complain. This is only fair, and they have the right. However, there are certain facts that I would like to point out clearly for the community. Fact 1: I paid 100% of the KGPE-D16 contract with was 75k USD I did not pay the KCMA-D8 contract which was 15k. Timothy's email implies that I barely paid any of it. The D8 was a mere extension on top of the D16 and was a few weeks work for Timothy. The article also implies that I was unwilling to pay the remaining 15k. I was actually *unable* to pay. Big difference. I fully paid for the KGPE-D16 contract, and D16 is all that Minifree sells. Most people don't use D8 and it wasn't viable to sell. I would also like to point out that several organisations now use the KGPE-D16 with libreboot. This includes the Free Software Foundation, to host their websites. I personally sacrificed a lot to pull that off. I find it deeply insulting that Timothy causes all this fuss about the D8. The D8 port was also missold to me. I was lead to believe that the hardware was readily available when it wasn't (unlike D16 hardware), so the work for the D8 was more or less a waste of resources. Fact 2: Libreboot is not a dead project. We are currently working on a new release behind the scenes. We've merged an entirely new build system that was written from scratch, to replace the old one (the one that is "stagnant and hard to use" according to the article). It's in the libreboot git repository as I speak, it was merged a few days ago. Please mention this. The new build system is extremely modern, flexible and easy to use. It adds many features which the old build system lacked, such as (but certainly not limited to): * easy ability to build and integrate linux kernel payloads (*hint* petitboot *hint*) * integrates all chromebook-related utils, for rockchip ARM chromebooks * integrates chromeos flashrom, in addition to upstream flashrom * generally better design, more modular, easier to maintain, easier to build * plus a whole host of other advantages * about 10 new chromebooks have been added to libreboot. So much for libreboot being dead, eh? Please also mention that Libreboot is actually abandoning coreboot and will be using Librecore as upstream. This will be covered in my upcoming FOSDEM talk too. We have been quite public about this already, on the Libreboot bug tracker. I would also like to point out, that so far Raptor Engineering has not fixed the bug on KGPE-D16 where above 128GiB RAM becomes unstable to the point of being unusable. Only up to 128GiB works. This is less than what the contract suggests. They also released source code that was broken; memory initialization was broken on most memory modules. It took 6 months after the initial release of the KGPE-D16 source code for them to make memory initialization work, and even now raminit only works with a few modules. This is in addition to other bugs which they haven't fixed. I also have IRC logs of private conversations between me and Timothy, where he states that he's willing to let the free/libre hardware movement crash and burn. This was before the dispute that happened yesterday regarding payment. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYgg1YAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UTDsH/i6Fwabc7reI7Nnyx0lK64um 8IbM52hji5sJRlZVK3gDgsxRpumXXlIfwEVq0ZTTzvc/ITYO0nrVnQMQAGfGqpDn r8niubgtTIxpM+ZGKMZTGXTbSjiVi6HhMneckvXl28CljwR5jLwdIeXuD7uW1NCd JnjOG72UbD8gUfrNao0JDg1q3NFFVwJh9Ri2O0KEP1lvfpgBDx0TQaG6lNTzzOJd vRUf9UdGAzKvJIvmccUEExXpS7ZDBYtNughr4xHwjaIvoD6+1vvWDoVldkbEGr5Z Ou9GBXKdQsjaaTbUi+bf+6oenfLElANCXIFdSrRJpMqPefQ1tetKbcqUj1zpVL0= =3fqL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation board port offer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 19/01/17 17:58, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Sorry to revive an old thread, but as many of you are aware > Minifree (Leah Rowe) contracted with us to port the KCMA-D8 and > release it. We performed this work and the KCMA-D8 continues to > operate, however Minifree has decided not to pay their contract on > this work. We strongly recommend that no person do any business > with Minifree or its founder Leah Rowe, as they do not honor their > legally binding contracts. Once again, you are painting the picture to be worse than it actually is . I paid you 75k USD for KGPE-D16, and didn't pay the 15k for KCMA-D8. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYggwWAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UITsH/RlN6QX7NUdhGvHkkipN92Ob EjlTjd88zfvMn+gXcEgrsOuf5ms4gpkJHEouelgXTQqn02slOcNSz736e50U/zsZ Rn9OCten5Vmh87PHs19uSHNL8yvO4RPEPBT0pFJT+uAoCkhQ5GkE0Ci9hx7o0ljV KDcwTswP+RBdzhG9C7eliBFlJm24UHw1njULbL8ojje9bokBT2BsmxETorMCxZfe mJPT/z1dVi0sMSWywO8HTYdxzphUS2zn4CXysYazHOsTaXJwMlgQbHaE9NYTaAxQ w9XEqP8rwZU0DxGKmsDhrGpsWdosUXbBNtwDmDX14PjtSdvXjkQ7ZvQo4ibnxZc= =8+gr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Minifree Libreboot D16 server/workstation launched
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I would like to point out, that the price recently halved, compared to the launch price. It is now at reasonable levels. > Desktop/workstation version: > https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/ > > Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/ On 30/12/16 14:19, Leah Rowe wrote: > Hi all, > > Minifree has launched a new freedom-friendly computer. Two, in > fact. > > Desktop/workstation version: > https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/ > > Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/ > > This is a high-end AMD server platform, being sold in server and > extended ATX (desktop/workstation) form factor. It comes with > Debian and Libreboot preinstalled. > > This is the first modern commercial system available today that can > be configured to run entirely free software; first Debian, the OS, > and then libreboot, a free/libre BIOS implementation. With Debian > and Libreboot, this is a fully free system containing zero binary > blobs of any kind. > > This has positive implications for security in terms of > audability, and therefore privacy in general (no backdoors!). It's > also free software friendly, so there are zero binary blobs and > zero proprietary software running on it in the OS or BIOS. You have > all of the four freedoms over each part of the boot process, which > means that you the user are in full control. > > For the first time ever, it is possible for companies to use > libreboot-enabled hardware. > > The problem so far with Libreboot and Minifree is that it only > focussed on low-end hardware. The launch of the D16 Server and D16 > Desktop changes that. With this hardware you can: > > * do actual, serious work e.g. programming or 3D modeling. > Software development nowadays requires powerful computers, because > software becomes more complex. The sheer amount of time to build > from source can be a problem on its own. The D16 can support up to > 16 fast AMD Opteron cores per CPU, and 2 CPUs are possible so 32 > cores in total. This is ideal for software development. * provide > professional hosting services for paying clients, and run a small > ISP * provide servers inside organisations * play modern games > (libre ones) * etc (anything that requires a fast computer, > basically) > > Spread the word! > > - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYcY/5AAoJEP9Ft0z50c+U2DAH/jeJi+6WiplKT0EJjtrMc5UF HTQGY/taAeXwmRmVgC/zFW7LQd1jESBVqQoMhSiKtTlJm1gq5VUCpXc5CF18YU9S sQQR0a1aeFfvj3SfRqHEQMVWY4uIVGdLZmV/GCjnnAltLFQGhM0AmL+cOKBlChlg Jt/QJVIwaSMF6+Kudd76a0hf3lgk87AeirRzqj+JDdwIE9RHSipJaEBcOCYIHb/f M30CsZDldISj6N5OPN0YoALVgBbmmLo2q5RUa/SIY/oafTLduUB5TEbL50ZlKD6G vau4fxwkI8o9kkt9F9fuFO5xC/xTtb2zc5VhSj/dx4fgc3+/sX7IUFYx8S81u6o= =otuI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] Offering Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 for porting
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Merlin, On 15/12/16 12:36, Merlin Büge wrote: > Hey all, > > I have a nice Gigabyte mainboard which I don't need/use anymore: A > Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 (rev. 2.0 or 2.1) > > http://www.gigabyte.de/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3519 > > Since I like libre-friendly computing hardware, I'd find it nice to > see libreboot running on it. I'm not sure, but from what I see, it > should be libreboot compatible? Could someone more knowledged than > me confirm this? > > If someone is interested in porting this board to coreboot, and if > there are no big foreseeable obstacles to porting it to lireboot, > I'd be happy donating that board together with a Phenom II 965 and > 4G RAM, preferrable to someone in Germany or within the EU > (shipping costs). avph in #coreboot might be able to help you. If you do get it working with libreboot/no blobs, let us know and we'll add it. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYaRCfAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UV0EIALgacmlKA4MDj3I/C93ugFcw 0PP5L1Y9qwURshnmX9UWFQ+wXRBD5SRJMU4DlbRQP+CKWlwPYAJTaORnLgBk2ihs TEtoGYCkkSahYYLQYAsd4w2AfTzlLqiCVwYdMNgYM6sC58f7Cb1cpS2Gqr+qJWED WHNb2xWsXSysl4PV5DQh+mxGj2xutcFfe/no+WgdR108ptY/1fwt+zU+DjqdXHTO 5GwIBnaLNgtq6bE2e/TTkZ5HPZL3FBZLEpFOCwlv4i+LwWyvvNkwGLhqu/T0Igbo 8Ri5rUPWR+U+Fp3c8zmtTjlRhIWFOYgSDbWWzSDmkD6WqYO1G7S+Xcu5FlYZiI0= =Orfo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] Minifree Libreboot D16 server/workstation launched
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, Minifree has launched a new freedom-friendly computer. Two, in fact. Desktop/workstation version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16/ Server version: https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-d16-server/ This is a high-end AMD server platform, being sold in server and extended ATX (desktop/workstation) form factor. It comes with Debian and Libreboot preinstalled. This is the first modern commercial system available today that can be configured to run entirely free software; first Debian, the OS, and then libreboot, a free/libre BIOS implementation. With Debian and Libreboot, this is a fully free system containing zero binary blobs of any kind. This has positive implications for security in terms of audability, and therefore privacy in general (no backdoors!). It's also free software friendly, so there are zero binary blobs and zero proprietary software running on it in the OS or BIOS. You have all of the four freedoms over each part of the boot process, which means that you the user are in full control. For the first time ever, it is possible for companies to use libreboot-enabled hardware. The problem so far with Libreboot and Minifree is that it only focussed on low-end hardware. The launch of the D16 Server and D16 Desktop changes that. With this hardware you can: * do actual, serious work e.g. programming or 3D modeling. Software development nowadays requires powerful computers, because software becomes more complex. The sheer amount of time to build from source can be a problem on its own. The D16 can support up to 16 fast AMD Opteron cores per CPU, and 2 CPUs are possible so 32 cores in total. This is ideal for software development. * provide professional hosting services for paying clients, and run a small ISP * provide servers inside organisations * play modern games (libre ones) * etc (anything that requires a fast computer, basically) Spread the word! - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU+Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: https://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYZmzjAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+UEikIAIITYZYamKacnYffR9Tw1VGA 2c4qD9u2hiAZb9/9CEaF0sFd6Z0GQdxfbvCWccBQqoR9WVa27jPUW7MgFm+wXYlJ r7nPm3q4MxWodHKFUdu/3mzxH7W/W1QUeCOoqXRHe2uUHoWT/pID/eXrhbjo62ZP Cuci4mMTHBrHt81nwQ+nO5COJXMJDVGs1h9RpJjbhKiyZP0lVIe4mD4ZNgu8eCI2 FW5dJS4NS8i63Zu3B8hCkHEvYE2pdiEBUraHmlUu57L8rxI9rM4kFFChFYvoNZnp Sl+mGfPk3GQPH009DzsaekEj44C1/zKGNbPAj3t1telRCu1Ffh0poWhzxuChrFU= =Cnub -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] TALOS secure workstation campaign has launched
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello everyone, Here: https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workst ation This is a high-end desktop/workstation, on par with Intel in terms of performance, and it's going to ship with entirely libre software on it, including the boot firmware. From the factory, brand new. Libreboot is going to support it, once it starts shipping (I'll be working with Timothy Pearson, the engineer behind the TALOS project, in my capacity as leader of the libreboot project). Spread the word! This campaign needs to succeed. - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://libreboot.org/docs/distros/ Or BSD: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYAgPKAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+Uv0UH/iWZt7ZZAMyiFjwv4y7Xa8zM jENqT3Q86PV0f45pB0262/ABtA1loBTmJ4ag7Y9WB4fg6BlgK0BV4snwoUKazMB7 j9CCzHfAPpkTKjY4t+rTu5fH8Yx2EdinhgjQi0SW8pYYn8bu+XlheLKDvflOcaIc TXRWhU8D/x77FbKWNePuG9xQCoOIPaQ+JKwrKmk1Q4iepaFhzRh7edoFpVBhnJeV vMS5myX7oJgTwuLEsh41CT0wc8vmZEW8APcCsYYzmzi6STE5uqzoKoPWw+Jst5Av agD7X/N0nNjcLnk0q3FTMOolC4Tk1+G7E6eSnukZq3q/RZUmkvZ3YefEZOtnHjs= =VW6q -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] FSF transgender discrimination anyone? GNU project refuses to let go of libreboot
Hi, A week ago, libreboot left the GNU project because of transgender discrimination at the Free Software Foundation. GNU project has told me that they will not allow libreboot to leave GNU. This is quite possibly the biggest insult imaginable, considering what has happened. This attitude within the GNU project is disgusting. So the libreboot project hereby announces just how disgusting both the GNU project and FSF are: https://libreboot.org/gnu-insult/ -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support computer user freedom. https://peers.community/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] GNU Libreboot, version 20160907 released
l, instead of seeing 1970-01-01 when you boot (thanks to Alexander Couzens from coreboot) Build system now uses multiple CPU cores when building, speeding up building for some people. Manually specifying how many cores are needed is also possible, for those using the build system in a chroot environment. (thanks go to Timothy Pearson from coreboot) In the build system (git repository), https:// is now used when cloning coreboot. http:// is used as a fallback for GRUB, if git:// fail s. New payload, the depthcharge bootloader (free bootloader maintained by Google) for use on the ASUS Chromebook C201. (thanks go to Paul Kocialkowski) Various fixes to the ich9gen utility (e.g. flash component density is now set correctly in the descriptor, gbe-less descriptors now supported) The official documentation included in the release in provided in texinfo format, instead of HTML; this was one of the requirements for joining GNU. (the other requirement is a new build system, to comply with GNU standards, e.g. Makefiles, and common Makefile entries present in all GNU software. As of Libreboot 20160818, this new build system is not yet merged, but will be in the release afterwards) ChangeLog and NEWS files are included in the release, to comply with GNU standards (they are dumps of the git-log output) -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. https://fsf.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] GNU Libreboot, version 20160902 released
), https:// is now used when cloning coreboot. http:// is used as a fallback for GRUB, if git:// fail s. New payload, the depthcharge bootloader (free bootloader maintained by Google) for use on the ASUS Chromebook C201. (thanks go to Paul Kocialkowski) Various fixes to the ich9gen utility (e.g. flash component density is now set correctly in the descriptor, gbe-less descriptors now supported) The official documentation included in the release in provided in texinfo format, instead of HTML; this was one of the requirements for joining GNU. (the other requirement is a new build system, to comply with GNU standards, e.g. Makefiles, and common Makefile entries present in all GNU software. As of Libreboot 20160818, this new build system is not yet merged, but will be in the release afterwards) ChangeLog and NEWS files are included in the release, to comply with GNU standards (they are dumps of the git-log output) -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. https://fsf.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] GNU Libreboot, version 20160818 released
), https:// is now used when cloning coreboot. http:// is used as a fallback for GRUB, if git:// fail s. New payload, the depthcharge bootloader (free bootloader maintained by Google) for use on the ASUS Chromebook C201. (thanks go to Paul Kocialkowski) Various fixes to the ich9gen utility (e.g. flash component density is now set correctly in the descriptor, gbe-less descriptors now supported) The official documentation included in the release in provided in texinfo format, instead of HTML; this was one of the requirements for joining GNU. (the other requirement is a new build system, to comply with GNU standards, e.g. Makefiles, and common Makefile entries present in all GNU software. As of Libreboot 20160818, this new build system is not yet merged, but will be in the release afterwards) ChangeLog and NEWS files are included in the release, to comply with GNU standards (they are dumps of the git-log output) -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. https://fsf.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] GNU Libreboot, version 20160818 released
build system, to comply with GNU standards, e.g. Makefiles, and common Makefile entries present in all GNU software. As of Libreboot 20160818, this new build system is not yet merged, but will be in the release afterwards) ChangeLog and NEWS files are included in the release, to comply with GNU standards (they are dumps of the git-log output) - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. https://fsf.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXtj3mAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+U4LwH/j2XFJpkNJOm2YCRaHgyoS16 y9xRcFIP37gdXwUqwMO5CdE7OaJtK3FKo80Em9/qEDoEmsCik2f1wF4nwXpILAfK 0rDGkBn24FJrz0OoMYH21HEUyISg5zZ+LGHPCS87WPLQTXe+bRWjjatdOVnQnwH4 PKV/vrJSEJ2CUnsPFvvPZsgwWEitT67YJ8otLBZuAwEO/GElcfwrGyWY3K0AWOKD KF2+g+eQzx3zNS1coO06YITq5dfvAAoaJu9pOqJR29Fw3rPcV2EPeLI+vR47FqRO pQ7PgvlLW5tm9+WOHIj0EH7wUJYYv/TiWoWWIpr9oW/asb7hJZ7F2eLPttKtMl0= =uiEn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
[coreboot] GNU Libreboot, version 20160818 released
build system, to comply with GNU standards, e.g. Makefiles, and common Makefile entries present in all GNU software. As of Libreboot 20160818, this new build system is not yet merged, but will be in the release afterwards) ChangeLog and NEWS files are included in the release, to comply with GNU standards (they are dumps of the git-log output) - -- Leah Rowe Libreboot developer Use free software. Free as in freedom. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Use a free operating system, GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/ Use a free BIOS. https://libreboot.org/ Support freedom. Join the Free Software Foundation. https://fsf.org/ Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Web: http://minifree.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXtiwsAAoJEP9Ft0z50c+Up7EIALsOVtATGkOCRpOtrx/XMyTi oJbi+XsKkYL9WuuxArUTgmIlq8bkmlYmSXpewmKqmEKaGvFGwPSIS5VVm38/Sy2S VP12ZOpcWQOwKDmkViIfjuMOihK7J0UPRB2P0XvjUuAUyez4sgYhLARkKxrlTh4v JQmNWFTpW2xc9k1r4BluaeWIqMblKN9vMSam5lFaXDnO9maTFUAYVs7s8fgikRaK LzGsddjTXlDIAgjfDmrCo3qIocgsEu36tzLA8P6Ilr7yVfE0/uPfUkdj15iWUlRL cWD8qOsLrDu/764jztvBr4XmzH5A5NU2Zrm7zMClCf6wTwzXHbWVG7l/F4L/JZU= =9Aq4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot