On 24.08.23 07:02, Martin Roth via coreboot wrote:
> I don't like that idea, but as was said in the meeting today, coreboot is
> willing to accept that, but on the condition that the source for the binary
> (and future similar binaries) is made open. To show good faith Intel could
> guarantee that the source will be opened when it can (supplying a date) and
> release the GOP driver source for platforms that do have released PRMs.
IMO releasing a PRM can't act as a reference point for this. As Intel
decides when and if the release of PRMs happens and that is often more
than a year after a platform launch, the code would be outdated and use-
less by then.
But before entertaining the idea of a later open-sourced blob further,
I want everybody to be aware of the following: Last time a similar
blob interface was merged upstream, it took 11 months to get it through
review[1]. And that was for an optional interface; the blob can do its
primary job without it. So even if by some miracle we would agree on
a blob now, it would still need to be designed, discussed and reviewed.
It's too late for Meteor Lake anyway. So I don't see why the community
should bother with it.
Nico
[1] commit 6662cb3dc2c4fe56cb75f83e1e7015287870cf01
Author: Subrata Banik <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 12 19:25:37 2018 +0530
Commit: Patrick Georgi <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue Mar 19 21:41:01 2019 +0000
drivers/intel/fsp2_0: Implement EFI_MP_SERVICES_PPI structure APIs
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