Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-01 Thread Todd Weaver
On 04/01/2017 05:24 AM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 01.04.2017 00:49, Todd Weaver wrote: >> On a related topic, but not related to vbios gfx; I met with >> Matthew Garrett while at LibrePlanet, and he mentioned that we needn't >> worry about graphics within coreboot or

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-02 Thread Todd Weaver
On 04/01/2017 04:55 PM, Trammell Hudson wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 07:43:40PM +, ron minnich wrote: >> Annnd with the linux payload we're back to linuxbios :-) > It was a good idea in 1999, and it is still a good idea. We *may* party like it's 1999 in 2017 then... >> For a payload c

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-23 Thread Todd Weaver
On Sat, 2017-12-23 at 11:39 +0100, Nico Huber wrote: > If you get the i.MX8 for it (and it turns out to be as good > documented), all you have to do is to ask for a board with the most > powerful version that physically fits a Librem 13 [1]. Then you can > offer trustworthy hardware vs. performance

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-23 Thread Todd Weaver
On Fri, 2017-12-22 at 22:06 -0500, Youness Alaoui wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Timothy Pearson > wrote: > > > > Thank you for the detailed explanation. I guess this is an area in > > which experience matters; it is absolutely unacceptable (and not > > unexpected) that Intel misled y

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-24 Thread Todd Weaver
On Sat, 2017-12-23 at 23:32 -0500, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > You will never have that type of leverage, if google can't pull it > off then no one can. There are a lot of assumptions you are making. First off, having leverage doesn't only mean with Intel, it also means with competitors or alternati

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-24 Thread Todd Weaver
On Sun, 2017-12-24 at 01:30 -0500, Youness Alaoui wrote: > I think people buying a TALOS 2 and people buying a Librem are two > very distinct types of people. I very much doubt that someone has > ever had to decide between buying a Librem and a TALOS. I think this is correct as well. > > > > > A

[coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-27 Thread Todd Weaver
aking sure it is possible (a), a rough idea of how long (b), and if we can hire somebody to develop it (c). I appreciate any replies to any parts of the above, and I am hopeful somebody would be able to have the time needed to get paid to get coreboot onto this board. Thank you! Todd Weaver

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-28 Thread Todd Weaver
Wonderful writeup Paul, thank you. see below… On Aug 28, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Paul Wilcox-Baker wrote: > Dear Todd, > >> It appears (from following the instructions) that I have a new board >> with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO. > >> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-28 Thread Todd Weaver
On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:36 AM, David Hubbard wrote: > > The truth here is that we NEED to have a blob-free version (libreboot), so > > I have a lot of work ahead of me :) > > The reality is that Intel has no plans to release code for Xeon E3-1200 v3 > and HM86 Express. Coreboot's progress so fa

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-28 Thread Todd Weaver
On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:59 AM, ron minnich wrote: >> The truth here is that we NEED to have a blob-free version (libreboot), so I >> have a lot of work ahead of me :) > > How much time and money for the RE effort did you have again? It needs > to be a lot. Were I you I would not expect much help

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-28 Thread Todd Weaver
On Aug 28, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Todd Weaver wrote: > On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:59 AM, ron minnich wrote: >>> The truth here is that we NEED to have a blob-free version (libreboot), so >>> I have a lot of work ahead of me :) >> If you NEED blob-free, you may need to go

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-28 Thread Todd Weaver
On Aug 28, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Am 28.08.2014 23:16 schrieb Todd Weaver: >> On Aug 28, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Todd Weaver wrote: >>> On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:59 AM, ron minnich wrote: >>>>> The truth here is that we NEED to have a blob-fr

Re: [coreboot] New board with unsupported cpu, chipset, and superIO

2014-08-29 Thread Todd Weaver
> Am 2014-08-28 23:38, schrieb Todd Weaver: >> Comparing the blob-free versions from Intel (which are apparently >> signed, so according to http://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation are >> at a 9000+ panic level), would it be possible to have blob-free >> (probably