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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2014-11-16 19:01:05 (EST)
committer Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2014-11-16 19:01:05 (EST)
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Move vortex86ex notes out of libreboot.
Move candidate to non-critical list of tasks.
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- Look into these machines (based on discussions from IRC):
- &lt;pehjota&gt; After the conversation yesterday about KolibriOS, I stumbled upon some hardware that community seems to like: the Vortex86 series of i586-compatible SoCs and the DMP EBOX nettops that use those SoCs. coreboot supports one computer by DMP (src/mainboard/dmp/vortex86ex/) which appears to be the EBOX-3100 (the only EBOX nettop AFAICT without VGA). Three years ago someone ported coreboot to the<br/>
- &lt;pehjota&gt; EBOX-3300MX but apparently never upstreamed that work. These Vortex86 SoCs look pretty good, freedom-wise: I think there's no microcode at all, the VGA cores don't seem to need option ROMs, and there are no blobs for things like ME/MRC/AGESA. They have relatively low CPU clock rates (most at 600 or 933 MHz), so they aren't great for compiling or gaming. But they're sold as nettops, thin clients,<br/>
- &lt;pehjota&gt; and embedded systems, and the prices ($95–$269 from the US distributor) aren't bad.<br/>
- &lt;pehjota&gt; DMP EBOX computers: <a href="http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html">http://www.compactpc.com.tw/en/index.html</a>. EBOX-3300MX coreboot port: <a href="https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot">https://github.com/XVilka/coreboot</a> (last six commits). Basic (and incomplete) information on the Vortex86 SoCs: <a href="http://www.vortex86.com/">http://www.vortex86.com/</a>. Some technical overviews and resources: <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/</a>. DMP's BusyBox/Linux distribution (with a Linux config file but apparently no source code):<br/>
- &lt;pehjota&gt; <a href="http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/">http://www.dmp.com.tw/tech/os-xlinux/</a>.
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+ Look at vortex86ex boards. See <a href="http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex">http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
Keep an eye on these commits for next rebase:
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<li><a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6804/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6804/</a> (merged)</li>