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<h1 id="board_ports">Board ports</h1>
<ul>
<li>
- Current candidates (new boards) for libreboot:
+ Libreboot has so far been biased towards Intel. This needs to end (the sooner, the better). A nice start:
<ul>
<li>
- Libreboot has so far been biased towards Intel. This needs to end (the sooner, the better). A nice start:
- <ul>
- <li>
- Lenovo G505S (works without CPU microcode updates).
- Videos BIOS is not yet fully replaced (openatom doesn't have a working framebuffer, yet, but
- it can draw a bitmap in user space, using a special utility) -
- <a href="https://github.com/alterapraxisptyltd/openatom">openatom in github</a>.
- SMU needs replacing (ruik/funfuctor/patrickg/mrnuke might be able to help).
- </li>
- <li>
- ASUS KFSN4-DRE - fam10h, already in coreboot, seems to have native graphics initialization already,
- fam10h, already in coreboot. Works without CPU microcode updates, has native graphics initialization
- (text-mode and framebuffer mode). PLCC flash chip, but can be read/flashed from factory firmware
- so just boot up, dump, hot-swap and flash the dump to make a backup, then check that the system
- boots with the backup. Then flash the original chip with libreboot. <b>External PLCC flash programmer
- not needed!</b>
- </li>
- <li>
- ASUS KGPE-D16 - code not yet public,
- ported by <a href="http://raptorengineeringinc.com/content/base/main.htm">Raptor Engineering Inc.</a> (USA).
- They are asking for 50K* USD to pay for the work to upstream the code (do code review, add more patches,
- get it merged in coreboot master repository - a lot of work!). Crowd funding will be necessary.
- Crowd funding will be necessary.
- See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2015-April/079773.html">coreboot mailing list</a>.
- This board uses DIP-8 (socket) SPI flash, so it's easy to flash (external flashing required for initial install).
- * was 35K. The extra 15K is a stretch goal for S3 support and full text-mode graphics initialization (bugs eliminated).
- </li>
- <li>
- F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom (video BIOS replacement). SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem.
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>TODO: Add ARM candidates here (the above systems are all AMD).</b>
- </li>
- <li><b>This list needs to expand!</b></li>
- </ul>
+ Lenovo G505S (works without CPU microcode updates).
+ Videos BIOS is not yet fully replaced (openatom doesn't have a working framebuffer, yet, but
+ it can draw a bitmap in user space, using a special utility) -
+ <a href="https://github.com/alterapraxisptyltd/openatom">openatom in github</a>.
+ SMU needs replacing (ruik/funfuctor/patrickg/mrnuke might be able to help).
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ ASUS KFSN4-DRE - fam10h, already in coreboot, seems to have native graphics initialization already,
+ fam10h, already in coreboot. Works without CPU microcode updates, has native graphics initialization
+ (text-mode and framebuffer mode). PLCC flash chip, but can be read/flashed from factory firmware
+ so just boot up, dump, hot-swap and flash the dump to make a backup, then check that the system
+ boots with the backup. Then flash the original chip with libreboot. <b>External PLCC flash programmer
+ not needed!</b>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ ASUS KGPE-D16 - code not yet public,
+ ported by <a href="http://raptorengineeringinc.com/content/base/main.htm">Raptor Engineering Inc.</a> (USA).
+ They are asking for 50K* USD to pay for the work to upstream the code (do code review, add more patches,
+ get it merged in coreboot master repository - a lot of work!). Crowd funding will be necessary.
+ Crowd funding will be necessary.
+ See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2015-April/079773.html">coreboot mailing list</a>.
+ This board uses DIP-8 (socket) SPI flash, so it's easy to flash (external flashing required for initial install).
+ * was 35K. The extra 15K is a stretch goal for S3 support and full text-mode graphics initialization (bugs eliminated).
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom (video BIOS replacement). SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>TODO: Add ARM candidates here (the above systems are all AMD).</b>
+ </li>
+ <li><b>This list needs to expand!</b></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ That doesn't mean Intel is off the table just yet:
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ ThinkPad R500: <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43</a>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ ThinkPad W500: they all use switchable graphics (ATI+Intel). Unknown if PM45 is compatible with GM45.
</li>
<li>
- That doesn't mean Intel is off the table just yet:
+ Non-lenovo GM45 laptops:
<ul>
- <li>
- ThinkPad R500: <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43</a>
- </li>
- <li>
- ThinkPad W500: they all use switchable graphics (ATI+Intel). Unknown if PM45 is compatible with GM45.
- </li>
- <li>
- Non-lenovo GM45 laptops:
- <ul>
- Dell Latitude E6400 - quite a few of these online. This is a good laptop to target in coreboot and libreboot.
- NOTE: EC support. ALSO: DDR2 memory (coreboot raminit for GM45 currently only supports DDR3)</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Desktop</b> system: Dell Optiplex 755. There are <b>lots</b> of these available online.
- ICH9. DDR2 RAM (needs work in coreboot). No EC (it's a desktop). It will require
- quite a bit of work in coreboot, but this is a very good candidate.
- The ME can probably be removed and disabled, using ich9gen without any modifications
- (or with few modifications). Where are the datasheets? Schematics?
- </li>
+ Dell Latitude E6400 - quite a few of these online. This is a good laptop to target in coreboot and libreboot.
+ NOTE: EC support. ALSO: DDR2 memory (coreboot raminit for GM45 currently only supports DDR3)</li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <b>Desktop</b> system: Dell Optiplex 755. There are <b>lots</b> of these available online.
+ ICH9. DDR2 RAM (needs work in coreboot). No EC (it's a desktop). It will require
+ quite a bit of work in coreboot, but this is a very good candidate.
+ The ME can probably be removed and disabled, using ich9gen without any modifications
+ (or with few modifications). Where are the datasheets? Schematics?
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>