-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2017 02:53 PM, Merlin Büge wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:24:16 -0600 > Timothy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> Regarding the BMC work, we're looking to enable a fully libre BMC on >> the KGPE-D16. This is a complex process involving significant reverse >> engineering efforts, writing new kernel drivers for the BMC, etc. >> With the BMC enabled, proper fan control can be established on the >> KGPE-D16, in addition to remote console access and of course remote >> power on / power off / reset functionality. >> >> If this work can be funded, Raptor would chip in a matching amount to >> lower the costs to the community; essentially we're looking to fund >> half of the work internally but cannot justify the full cost of the >> work as the sole sponsor. Every little bit helps, so even if you can >> only chip in $100 please consider doing so. > > Do you think running a crowdfunding campaign again would help getting > this funded / collecting donations? I don't know if you have to pay any > fees for the various platforms out there, but I bet there are some for > which you don't have to pay much. > > I'm not thinking of a campaign like the Talos one, I just think it > would be useful to keep track on how many people already donated, and > how much is still missing to meet the goal. With 'useful' I > mean it'd probably boost donations, in contrast to accepting donations > quietly. So no big updates etc., just using their infrastructure for > collecting donations. But after all, I've no idea about R&D etc. :P > > If this is not too straight forward, may I ask of how much of > community support you are thinking? > > > Thank you, > > Merlin
Given our past experience with crowdfunding I would rather this be handled by the community itself; this allows the funds to go straight to the work instead of partially being used to pay for the platform and advertising costs. We would like to see $20k USD from the community; we'll match (and actually slightly exceed) that internally to get the port completed and production qualified. From what I understand this amount is very close to what had been allocated originally for a Talos coreboot build server; the BMC work would allow more KGPE-D16 systems to be used to host pieces of coreboot worldwide. As an added bonus, the BMC work would be directly applicable to the KGPE-D16's little sister, the KCMA-D8. The same (or slightly modified) BMC firmware should work on both machines. Thanks! - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYfp1mAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbLZgH/jS05CjmnfIB08X9YeR6qiPo mZn1j0QkuEa8bIVQG6DCer405gywPJzaYd3zlahTPBjG2D8LM8F2YEp/KXvB+eId kuV8SYqq2W9tTMrrCP4m/5wbfEhku1SpU8j0kEnCD14UCNjjEmd2eJ2ZK6rHJf9p YvrGXyzPHBl3fNJaTEoLCGEzhEozX8M4rYdcKpLEbQZXWmJe9r94TXxMD5TIWlkZ TPhUsVdrPLpEMmzDSa8EOB3lGx9bMTR+GplKpAHnKg0+ZbeerEePyBnd4rzTjRAj Pk/iOvWWwdtYj1W5eIkCHtwsj4coyos1Pjq6opNfNlJQSbvKCZ3kH90TTV2Binc= =CT6t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
