[coreboot] Fwd: Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Matt B
-- Forwarded message - From: Matt B Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Web site revamp To: David Hendricks Building on that, postmarketOS (which in some ways feels like a weird sister project to coreboot?) does this thing where they display 3 random su

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread David Hendricks
It would be nice if we can more prominently show libre-friendly systems with coreboot. There have been some ideas proposed about how to do this, for example this one by Carl-Daniel: https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2010-October/060894.html Now that our infrastructure is much better tha

[coreboot] Re: Mainboard porting assistance

2019-09-02 Thread Angel Pons
Hi Benjamin, On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 1:31 PM Patrick Georgi via coreboot wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 02:50:15PM +1000, Benjamin Doron wrote: > > c) The fans spin up to high and then it stays that way. It does nothing > > else. The display is dark too. > The display is approximately the last

[coreboot] Re: Mainboard porting assistance

2019-09-02 Thread Patrick Georgi via coreboot
On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 02:50:15PM +1000, Benjamin Doron wrote: > c) The fans spin up to high and then it stays that way. It does nothing > else. The display is dark too. The display is approximately the last thing you'll get to work. Find yourself some serial console connection to use (I think Ras

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Dullfire via coreboot
This sounds like a good idea to me. I think that it might be a good idea to present the two things as seperate components. In my opinion it makes sense to leave the init framework as 'coreboot'. However the firmware glue framework should probably be called something diffierent, like 'core firmw

[coreboot] Mainboard porting assistance

2019-09-02 Thread Benjamin Doron
Hi all, I own an Acer Aspire VN7-572G and have not been impressed with its OEM firmware. After discovering that it does not utilise Intel's Boot Guard technology, that several Skylake and Kabylake laptops (it has a Skylake chip, but I read that the platforms are similar) have received successful co

[coreboot] Web site: Reword project summary/description (was: Web site revamp)

2019-09-02 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Timothy, On 9/2/19 10:17 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > - Original Message - >> Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 2:56:21 AM > >>> What about following proposal: >>> coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning >>> fast and secure boot experience on modern comp

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick Georgi" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "ron minnich" , "David Hendricks" > , "coreboot" > > Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 3:26:45 AM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Web site revamp > Am Mo., 2. Sept. 2019 um 10:17 Uhr schrieb Timothy Pearson < >

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Patrick Georgi via coreboot
Am Mo., 2. Sept. 2019 um 10:17 Uhr schrieb Timothy Pearson < tpear...@raptorengineering.com>: > this text needs to be completely rewritten to clearly show where the > limits are on modern x86 platforms. > No, you want it rewritten to be able to better advertise Talos. This project is not in the bu

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Patrick Georgi via coreboot
Am Mo., 2. Sept. 2019 um 09:56 Uhr schrieb ron minnich : > You need fewer adjectives, and simpler words. > Maybe we can get there with less bikeshedding by looking at concrete proposals: https://review.coreboot.org/c/homepage/+/35209 and https://review.coreboot.org/c/homepage/+/35210 (and more la

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "ron minnich" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "Patrick Georgi" , "David Hendricks" > , "coreboot" > > Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 2:56:21 AM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Web site revamp >> What about following proposal: >> coreboot is an extended firm

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread ron minnich
> What about following proposal: > coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning > fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded > systems. As an Open Source project it aims to provide auditability and > maximum control over technology; On some platforms (es