Hello, I'd be happy to kick more than a few bucks towards hardware or other costs. Just need to know where to send it.
I'll also drop a post over on r/Libreboot. Sincerely, -Matt On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:33 PM Timothy Pearson < tpear...@raptorengineering.com> wrote: > I'd be happy to assist as well with hardware. I have a spare fully > functional KGPE-D16 with dual CPUs that can be donated to a US-side > developer interested in keeping the native init alive, working, and > in-tree. If enough functionality can be restored in coreboot master I can > also reactivate the REACTS autotest for it -- it was shut off a long time > ago due to coreboot master no longer reliably booting on the hardware, but > remains mothballed for potential reactivation. > > The hardware is definitely showing its age, it's slow, power hungry, uses > an ancient and very limited BMC (if you can get the module for it), and > still requires AMD microcode binaries, but it's still the fastest open > (sans microcode) x86 platform available anywhere. > > I've also got a stack of KFSN4-DRE boards (K8 era), but the K8 support was > ripped out a while back IIRC. I can send these to good homes as well if > there's interest. :) > > Thanks! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vikings GmbH" <he...@vikings.net> > > To: "Piotr Król" <piotr.k...@3mdeb.com>, insu...@riseup.net > > Cc: "coreboot" <coreboot@coreboot.org>, "Timothy Pearson" < > tpear...@raptorengineering.com>, "Andrew Luke Nesbit" > > <ullbek...@andrewnesbit.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:50:35 AM > > Subject: Re: KGPE-D16 maintainership > > > Hello, > > > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:19:42 +0200 > > Piotr Król <piotr.k...@3mdeb.com> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA512 > >> > >> Hi all, > >> we see a lot of attention around KGPE-D16 maintainership problems. > >> After discussion with Thierry Laurion (Insurgo) at OSFC2019 3mdeb > >> decided to help in maintaining that platform by organizing crowd > >> founding campaign or getting founds in other ways (direct sponsors). > >> > >> Since we are based in Poland there is chance that even with small > >> contribution from community we would be able to cover the costs. > >> > >> Ideal plan would be to have structure similar to what we maintain for > >> PC Engines: > >> https://pcengines.github.io/ > >> Where we providing signed and reproducible binaries every month and > >> keep as close to mainline as possible. Of course if development will > >> be active, then there always would be delta of patches held in review. > >> > >> Unfortunately we don't have hardware. During OSFC 2019 Stefan left one > >> board, but it was too late (and probably too expensive) for us to > >> organize any shipment to Poland. We looking to have 2 mainboards one > >> for development and one in our automated regression testing > >> environment. Of course we will start even with just one. > > > > I would be pleased if Vikings could help out by sending two KGPE-D16 > > systems for this purpose. You can contact me at this address for > > details. > > > > Perhaps someone in CC will also be able to help out one way or the > > other. > > > >> If anyone is willing to help in founding, sponsoring hardware or by > >> code development and testing we would be very grateful. > >> > >> Please copy other people and share this post wherever is necessary to > >> keep this platform alive. Positive feedback will help things rolling. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> - -- > >> Piotr Król > >> Embedded Systems Consultant > >> GPG: B2EE71E967AA9E4C > >> https://3mdeb.com | @3mdeb_com > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEE4DCbLYWmfoRjKeNLsu5x6WeqnkwFAl2ApSoACgkQsu5x6Weq > >> nkw0XQ//WeO+U6VFcr6wsfCkv5qXnKVHb6XDXyEknhu7Q82HZ9Hx+0IiZ0+ikzVZ > >> oLU36euPwlHoRFh3HPm34DHeeYAZYzzsdc41+0MZJao152CGZJQwe+pqD/JeymOU > >> Jky+PhULeGKXt22ftbxte1ac82tRDFt//0Yc07qxP9G/CboZ8sjckKjfyfoy5PFm > >> 9jRFwdZUMbU42mU+NYLn/iXGWM/+mxC+ghncQBYwwGX1npr1r5gSiZS9ImoHFpgj > >> DQaaUQq2v8vS1uvYZ84vVEXeOljTkzFg7UyUZq3sSob8bA/a42rsgFMPVI6Bpc5R > >> lAEdhBZgMaD4jjO2GK+3zFSy32pBvK71tzwrdLjhb/bjjN1phHy2zbwTebFWlyiu > >> HQJ/+iu4uoTQj69GT9i7HLyngorh37GWFHKScDDzEASnSO868ELhlrt+yHwyY284 > >> EAe7dTOhOtfdxJOKcfdyUez5nwPZON4AXEVSvLWLUv4r+f82CG89f+LLg7rbZH5n > >> C0HnUOJas89xEvRhXChTBHnM9NBKSWpch5uZ5SbZHb/JCWBb26yT6Ua46H0STFRh > >> y+pWHc8AN76FQnWvpYer5F3hyVEX1+wAsi+RJMROFUejCn3lCl5ogAnT4ZRCqzo3 > >> 61Ao6dYmtYhaQ3JjZ+5bv3926ZwRjvr7i5t9bHf9THXCn1UobjY= > >> =wYUt > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Cordialement/Met vriendelijke groet > > Thomas Umbach > > > > Web: https://www.vikings.net/ > > Phone: +49 69 247 54 91 0 > > > > Follow us on GNUsocial: https://quitter.se/vikings > > Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikingslibre > > > > Vikings GmbH > > Sauerackerweg 14, 60529 Frankfurt/Main, Germany > > Register Court: AG Frankfurt am Main > > Register No.: HR B 84497, CEO: Thomas Umbach > > Tax Office: Frankfurt am Main, VATIN: DE254094338 > > > > GPG key fingerprint: FD5E 2543 EE62 7395 00A6 9FBB F228 7A48 7CA2 3FA5 > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org >
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