-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/2017 02:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hey Tim could you elaborate on the IBM OpenBMC stretch goal? Technical > details, benefits etc as I don't have any POWER systems I don't know > what it is. > > - Thanks
The IBM OpenBMC fork is under active development by IBM; as a result, it uses a completely different userspace and a newer kernel, among other differences. It aims to be a less specialized BMC firmware than the Facebook version, i.e. more of a direct replacement for the proprietary AMI firmware typically shipped on OEM mainboards. As you can imagine, this adds a significant amount of size and complexity to the resultant firmware, and I expect new hardware will need to be created to hold and execute the resultant images. Furthermore, attempting to execute a port and upstream it when the underlying source tree is in constant flux adds significant effort and overall cost, therefore we are only looking into this as a stretch goal versus risking not having any libre firmware available at all for these systems due to cost constraints. 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/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYwHbXAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFb5vkH/3K9SNxLj/YhLGNOdofjd8J+ tVrIBaOuAt3InuR8Q4LQCD3EG9nfysB0np+7MdTWlWjcRGzc4+Sbi6trh5JAwE+8 5hdQv7z2i3hTq4Gjbpw5Wont2DdK0q+k9vYQPUbc1SSK46VlXv1bXeAi3Bzx2LDd 3P7aNoIDmcrEKOiyb/ze7jBEsaqxfSusj9uH6q/ZkaxzTTGvA7rx1caNZnk4e+nt WxjTyx/8ZVNXT3sE/h7HYw5hq/or+rQUuPIfbfyrvCiYYfgYgCcVw9/ELn27LLfH 5i4oCMLpneaRgvgT1gRoYcptunCOF5aWxyxhvuWl7R4IRDmNuR1kFbBfowXkJis= =TkOP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
