Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Google "Coreboot supported motherboard" ? > > And going to see this page as the first choice > > https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html Great, so was it on the list? It wasn't, right? Bummer... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
On 2021-08-22 10:04 a.m., Emanuel Berg wrote: > Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >> Google "Coreboot supported motherboard" ? >> >> And going to see this page as the first choice >> >> https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html > > Great, so was it on the list? I don't know ! Why don't you take a look yourself ? I'm ready to help you build whatever you want. But this does not mean that I'll be doing all the job myself. > > It wasn't, right? > > Bummer... > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
On 2021-08-22 2:28 a.m., Emanuel Berg wrote: > Reco wrote: > >>> This made me think, is there a FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) that you >>> can install/flash to replace the manufacturer's? >> >> Coreboot is what you're thinking of. Supported motherboard's >> list is extremely limited though. > > There is a grub-coreboot package, is that it? > > And how do you know if its supported? Google "Coreboot supported motherboard" ? And going to see this page as the first choice https://coreboot.org/status/board-status.html > > I think I have a > > Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming > > motherboard. > > https://dataswamp.org/~incal/ebchw/COMPUTER > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
BIOS seems to be: $ sudo dmidecode -t bios # dmidecode 3.3 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 3.2.0 present. Handle 0x, DMI type 0, 26 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: American Megatrends Inc. Version: 2801 Release Date: 09/18/2019 Address: 0xF Runtime Size: 64 kB ROM Size: 16 MB Characteristics: PCI is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported BIOS ROM is socketed EDD is supported 5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) 3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported BIOS Revision: 5.13 Handle 0x0031, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Long Installable Languages: 9 en|US|iso8859-1 fr|FR|iso8859-1 zh|TW|unicode ja|JP|unicode de|DE|iso8859-1 es|ES|iso8859-1 ru|RU|iso8859-5 ko|KR|unicode Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1 -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
Reco wrote: >> This made me think, is there a FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) that you >> can install/flash to replace the manufacturer's? > > Coreboot is what you're thinking of. Supported motherboard's > list is extremely limited though. There is a grub-coreboot package, is that it? And how do you know if its supported? I think I have a Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming motherboard. https://dataswamp.org/~incal/ebchw/COMPUTER -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
> There is fancontrol (pwdconfig(1)) but I don't get it to > work ... The BIOS (UEFI) can maybe be used but I don't > have/use a mouse and I dislike the UI ... > > $ sudo dmidecode [...] This made me think, is there a FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) that you can install/flash to replace the manufacturer's? -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
Re: FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) (was: Re: smart fans)
Hi. On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 07:25:34AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > There is fancontrol (pwdconfig(1)) but I don't get it to > > work ... The BIOS (UEFI) can maybe be used but I don't > > have/use a mouse and I dislike the UI ... > > > > $ sudo dmidecode [...] > > This made me think, is there a FOSS "BIOS" (UEFI) that you can > install/flash to replace the manufacturer's? Coreboot is what you're thinking of. Supported motherboard's list is extremely limited though. Reco
