# 20 October 2021 - coreboot Leadership ##Attendees:
Felix Singer, David Hendricks, Arthur, Werner, Piotr, Lean Sheng Tan, Marshall, Jason Glenesk, Jay Talbott, Matt DeVillier, Patrick Georgi, Tim Crawford, Martin, Stefan, Felix Held ## Agenda: * [patrick g] “Verified+1” permissions on gerrit repos that aren’t build tested (e.g. homepage.git): open up? For which groups? * For which repos? * Blobs - Only people appointed by Stefan for legal reasons. * Homepage: All submitters? Owner’s +2 or verified doesn’t count. * [martin] Clean up the coreboot root folder? * /spd, /gnat.adc, /Makefile.inc, /toolchain.inc -> src * Move spd directory to src/lib (or src/device?) * Look at moving gnat.adc to /src. Might be difficult to move * Move toolchain.inc to /src - only included by top level makefile * (keep Makefile.inc in place, otherwise it has to refer to ../util which is ugly) * /configs -> util/abuild * Having this here may help with visibility of platforms * Leave this here, remove subdirectory * /MAINTAINERS, /AUTHORS -> Documentation * Leave both of these at the top level * MAINTAINERS is machine readable and not really “Documentation”, AUTHORS is a “standard file” * Remove COPYING - it’s a copy of the GPL V2 license, which we have under /LICENSES * Leave this here: standard location so license checking and compliance tools are happier to find it there. * Update README.MD to point into /Documentation and each .md in other directories. * Marshall will do this. Thanks! * Add a .mailmap file [to correctly map authors to an email address](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap). * Yes * Should we lock it to the result after moving anything so that additional objects can’t be created without deliberation? * Add a lint test to keep other files from being added without discussion. * [Martin] When do we need another coreboot EFI working group meeting? * Next tuesday - send out invites after this meeting. * Lots of issues joining last time. * [Werner] Discuss patch [CB:55367](https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/55367) regarding Intel PSE (Programmable Service Engine) * Must be loaded at boot time by a piece of firmware. * Discussed osfc2020 - zephyr based, but not open yet. * Patch just adds the loading from cbfs so that FSP can load it. * Yet another blob without notifications. * Blob is unfortunately mandatory for the platform. * Initializes the ARM processor then stops running? * It may be possible to write an open version? * The process of open sourcing the code for this takes a long time, so this is (in theory) a temporary solution. * The processor is EC-like, handles realtime interface, has I2C interface. * PCIe devices can be assigned to either the device or X86. * Sheng and Werner will verify that this is more similar to an EC than the ME. * If this is EC-like, this shouldn’t be an issue. * [Arthur] Logging: (optional) printing the error level in front of the message? * Would need to have a little logic to allow a line to continue without printing again. * Loglevel in brackets. * Sure, let's try this - so long as it's optional, there's not much of a downside. * [Martin] Adding requirements for blobs in coreboot’s repos * Nico [suggested requesting/requiring some additional items for blobs](https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/AV5LYYLMMFWYIR5R2OW6A2M7XGI2SBHX/). * We already have[ a list of requirements](https://review.coreboot.org/plugins/gitiles/blobs/+/refs/heads/master/README.md), so updating that doesn’t seem unreasonable. * How do we want to handle non-coreboot-owned blob repos - fsp/intel_microcode/amd_blobs/qc_blobs/ * Let’s review the blobs directory and see what’s still needed. * Revisit next meeting ## Mailing list discussions of interest: * Mailing list question about [arm64 ports of coreboot](https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/TOWWCZL6XUKIPQO5SRX4JRHEPO3SI2XJ/) * Mailing list: [firmware and bootloader log spec](https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/OUGJENEVQAVL7AA2YIIHAW6BQNNSALGQ/) * (LPC 2021 System Boot and Security MC discussion about that)[https://youtu.be/JwU1_hyOzMI?t=4329] ## Ongoing items: * [New videoconferencing system?](#bookmark=id.ehzxgz9a1ta0) * Big Blue Button (maintained install: senfcall.de, [coreboot room](https://lecture.senfcall.de/pat-yut-ayj-bc6) set up by pgeorgi) * At the end of the meeting, please try to join the coreboot room here, so we can see if it’s working for people. * What happens if the host doesn’t join - seems fine. * This was tested by a number of people after the meeting, and it seems better than bluejeans. There weren't any reports of people not being able to get in, though some people had a little difficulty getting their audio set up. It seems like they were able to resolve this * Bluejeans. coreboot.org has an account here already, but lots of folks had issues joining the coreboot EFI working group meeting on Oct 12, so probably not? * Kind of weird - different versions per subscription level? * Definite NO. * Documentation updates * Hiring a tech writer? * Not right now. * coreboot 4.15 release ~Nov 1 * First notice went out to mailing list. * Contribute to the same patch or check it in and add to it? * Martin to review. * [Updating the builder](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10jQc1N67Pck2pE3pkyke7g-YFDIBqum6SkQH7UdXSpE/edit#) * Felix testing NixOS. * Need to determine builder differences - decide what builder can build what at runtime based on configuration. * Packaged coreboot toolchain for NixOS. * 4.14 package - making a stable release. * Set up build test with flashrom * Test both with linux & bsd _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
