[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-02-23 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
Hi, For some reason I forgot to add coreboot@coreboot.org in Cc, so I'm forwarding the reply as well: Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:32:39 +0100 From: Nico Huber To: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies? Hi Denis

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-02-23 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:00:43 +0100 Nico Huber wrote: > Hi Denis, Hi, > I've always estimated that it would take about $200k to get there for > any of the older AMD platforms (assuming you can get experienced core- > boot developers to do it). But once reasonable code for one platform > would be

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-02-03 Thread Norbert Kamiński
Hello All, We regret to announce that PC Engines, a provider of small and low-power servers for network security, wireless networking, and embedded applications, has discontinued its sponsorship for open-source firmware. Although this is a significant change for the open-source firmware

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-05 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Denis, On 05.01.23 18:03, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 09:58:59 -0700 > Nicholas Chin wrote: >>> And given that there is no way to guarantee that a Mainboard doesn't >>> get removed, we'd also need to watch what is happening with the GM45 >>> Thinkpads as well, as this

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-05 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 09:58:59 -0700 Nicholas Chin wrote: > > And given that there is no way to guarantee that a Mainboard doesn't > > get removed, we'd also need to watch what is happening with the GM45 > > Thinkpads as well, as this problem also affect these computers. > > Could you elaborate on

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-04 Thread Nico Huber
Hi Denis, On 04.01.23 17:33, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:> On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 04:37:01 +0100 (CET) > Martin Roth wrote: >> I think you're right that we need some way to guarantee that boards >> added to coreboot aren't going to be dropped again in a short period >> of time, but that requires

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-04 Thread Nicholas Chin
Hi Denis, Just a quick question about your last reply: On 1/4/23 09:33, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 04:37:01 +0100 (CET) Martin Roth wrote: Hey Denis, My reply got out of control here.  Apologies for the length, feel free to ignore the top and just skip to my replies. 

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-04 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 04:37:01 +0100 (CET) Martin Roth wrote: > Hey Denis, My reply got out of control here.  Apologies for the > length, feel free to ignore the top and just skip to my replies.  :) I think that getting the background as well is important here. > Unfortunately, that's simply not

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-03 Thread Martin Roth via coreboot
Hey Denis, My reply got out of control here.  Apologies for the length, feel free to ignore the top and just skip to my replies.  :) The points you bring up are definitely valid, but coreboot isn't Linux.  We don't have the same infrastructure, or investment from companies.  coreboot has no

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-03 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 18:38:02 +0100 (CET) Martin Roth wrote: > Hi Denis, >  - Responses inline Hi, Thanks for the answers. > Jan 2, 2023, 17:16 by gnu...@cyberdimension.org: > > > Hi, > > > > The MAINTAINERS file has the following: > > > >> PC ENGINES ALL MAINBOARDS > >> M: Piotr Król >

[coreboot] Re: Status of maintained boards and policies?

2023-01-03 Thread Martin Roth via coreboot
Hi Denis,  - Responses inline Jan 2, 2023, 17:16 by gnu...@cyberdimension.org: > Hi, > > The MAINTAINERS file has the following: > >> PC ENGINES ALL MAINBOARDS >> M: Piotr Król >> M: Michał Żygowski >> S: Supported >> F: src/mainboard/pcengines/ >> > > But the commit