On 04/06/2018 09:06 PM, ron minnich wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 5:45 PM Thierry Laurion <thierry.laur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I agree. This is wrong. >> Kgpe-d16 and alike are the last resorts for x86 blob free hardware. >> >> This NEEDS to be kept maintained and upstreamed. > I like the board too. I have one. I have no time to keep it going. I have > not even turned it on in months. > > Now that I think about it, my board has an EM100. I can try to automate the > mess if I can remember where the directions are. I also need to work out > remote reset :-) -- any hints on what to buy to make that go? > > Realistically, though, if you want blob free, I think you need power9 or > riscv. Of course, but the D16/D8 are fine for legacy x86 applications that some people need to run and they are both blob free, the last x86 boards that are. > I've written x86 off for blob free. I'm sad about that, given where > we were in 2000 and where we are today, but there's not much to be done for > it. AMD and Intel just don't see this as a priority :-( Yeah x86 is dead freedomwise but that doesn't mean boards that people know are functional should be removed from coreboot just because.
I highly doubt these policies happen in a vacuum.
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