Hi,
Thanks for your answer and sorry about the spelling mistakes, i am not
so good in English.
Technical details of some laptops:
Normally we work with Clevo laptops, for example with the type NS50MU i
see on the site of system76 they works also with this type:
https://system76.com/laptops/darter
I see on the system76 also this pages:
https://github.com/system76/firmware-open
https://github.com/system76/ec
Now i have a Clevo NS50MU how can i install coreboot? Can i use the same
coreboot like on this system76 website?
A other model that we use is Clevo NL51CU or Clevo NJ70CU
"Please note, that coreboot has nothing to do with the Intel Management
Engine as it’s a separate “chip” running it’s own firmware [1]. "
Can I completely disable that Intel ME software via coreboot?
With kind regards,
Gert
Dear Gert,
Am 28.03.21 um 09:26 schrieb Gert Vanhaerents:
Hi Coreboot,
Welcome to coreboot.
(Please note, coreboot is spelled all lowercase.)
We are from a computer store and we sell computers and laptops with
Linux or Windows or dual boot. For Linux we are many asked for
laptops with coreboot, probably due to the presence of intel ME
spyware in the laptops.
Please note, that coreboot has nothing to do with the Intel Management
Engine as it’s a separate “chip” running it’s own firmware [1].
So, we are now investigating whether there is a possibility to offer
the laptops with coreboot. Normally we buy our laptops at a
distributor, we have also asked the distributor to have coreboot they
don't know anything about bios/eufi or coreboot. They only deliver
the laptops with the bios/eufi that the manufacturer made it, we can
always ask for a bios update but not for other bios systems like
coreboot. We don't have any contact with the manufacturer or have any
contact data. I know there are laptops of this brand that have
coreboot on it, but to buy directly ar the manufacturer we don't sell
enough (i think we must sell 10.000 laptops in a quarter or more).
My questions:
- We i have installed coreboot, can i also boot Windows 10 or boot in
dual-boot (Windows and Linux)?
Yes, you can do that, but it often depends on the mainboard.
- The installation of coreboot is very unclair. I have looking to
google but i don't realy know how can install it.
There are several ways. Often, the tool flashrom is used, and then you
can decide if you program the chip externally or internally. If
internal flashing is supported, depends on the device.
- Can i install coreboot like we normally flash a bios? (startup with
a efi boot stick and run a batch file, or startup in the bios and do
a bios update directly from the bios with a usb stick with the flash
file)
That depends on the device. If the internal flashing method is
supported, you’d likely start a GNU/Linux live system, and run
flashrom from there.
- Or do i need a eeprom programmer or something like that? > - Must
itake out the motherboard completely of the laptop?
Both items seems to belong together, as you have to attach the
external programmer to the chip somehow. It depends on the device and
where the flash ROM chip is located.
To work with coreboot it's very important to have a very fast
procedure to install it in mass production. We cannot spell a few
hours on each laptop. It must be a flash file for a model laptop and
a other flash file for a other model laptop. So we can install
coreboot on the best selling models. Startup from a usb-stick, do a
flash update wait 5 or 10 minutes and reboot, ... done.
When it's possible in the procudure like above can i get some help to
make the first coreboot flash.
Everything you asked for is possible, but depends on your device.
First of all, a coreboot port needs to exist for your device.
As you are running a business and making a profit and you didn’t share
any device details, I recommend to contract a consulting firm [2] to
analyze the situation.
Kind regards,
Paul
PS: No offense, but it’d be great, if you used a spell checker before
sending an email to a mailing list.
[1]: https://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation
[2]: https://coreboot.org/consulting.html
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