[coreboot] Re: Any live usb for recovery flash coreboot?

2019-10-31 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 31/10/19 19:08, da...@tutanota.com wrote: > It turns out installing archlinux to a usb doesn't work. The screen is black > and there are no logs. I don't know why. > > I think I just need a live usb with iomem=relaxedalready set. How to make > this? >

[coreboot] Re: Any live usb for recovery flash coreboot?

2019-10-31 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 31/10/19 07:58, Dalao wrote: Hi, I was using Seabios but recently switched to Tianocore. However, the tianocore can't boot my Manjaro linux distribution which was installed using the non-uefi method. So I want to flash back. I only have a Manjaro live usb at hand. The tianecore can boot it.

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-26 Thread Alberto Bursi
Unbuffered and/or NOT registered. The buffered/registered is cheaper on ebay, and also higher density (up to 32GB or 64GB per DDR3 DIMM) so it could look like a bargain but it isn't. It's cheaper because you can't use it on most consumer hardware. AMD hardware that supports buffered and/or Regi

Re: [coreboot] T430s prop BIOS Image

2018-11-10 Thread Alberto Bursi
Afaik there are companies that will ship you a pre-programmed SPI chip for most devices, for like 20 euros. I used this one in the past http://www.bios-chip24.com/en_US but there are others too. This is of course just as secure as getting it from some random guy on the internet (i.e. not that

Re: [coreboot] UEFI Payload update

2018-09-18 Thread Alberto Bursi
Slim-bootloader is BSD-license. Not just NIH, it "fixes" one of the last big Coreboot "isses", the license. Gotta protect your IP man, think of the children. -Alberto On 9/18/2018 11:54 AM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > Slim Bootloader? Thanks, but > " We wanted the open source Intel ME / FSP firmwares,

[coreboot] Equus "WHITEBOX OPEN" servers ship with Coreboot/LinuxBoot

2018-06-21 Thread Alberto Bursi
There was an announcement [1] about a new line of servers called WHITEBOX OPEN (yes, all caps) which appears to be about servers with Coreboot or Linuxboot and OpenBMC. Has anyone any experience with this company? -Alberto 1. https://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15571110.htm -- coreb

Re: [coreboot] KGPE-D16: Trouble using three PCIe cards simultaneously

2018-06-03 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 02/06/2018 22:03, Daniel Kulesz via coreboot wrote: > Hi folks, > > maybe this is not really coreboot-related, but I am experiencing an issue > with the KGPE-D16 that there seems to be no working constellation how the > following three cards can be put into service: > > - nvidia GPU (PCIe 3

Re: [coreboot] When does AMD release the fam15 spectre microcode updates?

2018-05-23 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 22/05/2018 07:03, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > AMD has at long last coughed up the stuff to the linux-firmware people > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/diff/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin?id=77101513943ef198e2050667c87abf19e6cbb1d8 > > The fam15h m

Re: [coreboot] flashrom on osx ...

2018-05-11 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 11/05/2018 19:42, ron minnich wrote: > if I just want to use a dediprog sf100 what's the best way to build > flashrom on osx? > > besides "throw the macbook in the trash and get a real computer" :-) > > ron > > There is "homebrew" package manager for OSX/MacOS, see here https://brew.sh/ They

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-03-24 Thread Alberto Bursi
ofitted by the end user or some third party that resells it. -Alberto On 03/24/2018 12:08 AM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 23.03.2018 22:37, Alberto Bursi wrote: >> I wanted to say what I said. >> Dell, HP, Supermicro, Tyan, and whatever other OEM making commercial >> servers I k

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-03-24 Thread Alberto Bursi
@gmx.com wrote: > On 03/23/2018 06:33 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote: > >> Yeah, getting an RMA isn't hard if you just lie. Won't work for non-RMA >> support requests though. > It isn't lying if OEM never stated pre-purchase that you aren't allowed > to flash y

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-03-23 Thread Alberto Bursi
Yeah, getting an RMA isn't hard if you just lie. Won't work for non-RMA support requests though. -Alberto On 03/23/2018 10:43 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 03/23/2018 05:37 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote: > >> I wanted to say what I said. Dell, HP, Supermicro, Tyan, and

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-03-23 Thread Alberto Bursi
warranty on their own. If you just tampered the UEFI firmware is much less of an issue for RMA and support (in my experience), depending on how bad you tampered with it, anyway. -Alberto On 03/23/2018 10:17 PM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 23.03.2018 20:28, Alberto Bursi wrote: >> Of course

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-03-23 Thread Alberto Bursi
Same "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer for what I'm going to say here. I don't think the seller can be held liable for anything, as long as they clearly stated what they did to the hardware they are selling. Of course they will have to be able to provide any warranty and support over the devices

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-07 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 08/03/2018 01:05, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > A lot of people whos opinions I respect have commented on this and I > thank them for their time but that being said I still don't understand > how a "real" name policy helps avoid problems, it isn't as if the > coreboot leadership meets someone in

Re: [coreboot] (libre) Add-on cards for getting higher SSD throughput on the KGPE-D16?

2018-03-01 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 03/01/2018 09:20 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/01/2018 01:36 PM, Daniel Kulesz via coreboot wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> (3) put in some PCIe SATA3 card => any recommended chips that respect >> freedom? > There are very few. You can try some

Re: [coreboot] External flashing PCI-e RAID card firmware

2018-02-15 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 15/02/2018 02:56, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I am contemplating the purchase of an ASUS PIKE for my KGPE-D16 and I > was wondering if anyone here knows if it is possible to externally > re-flash them. > > I notice a SOIC-8 chip on the front of the card and I imagine the > firmware is there, d

Re: [coreboot] Microcode updates for slightly older intel CPU's re: meltdown/spectre

2018-01-12 Thread Alberto Bursi
This assumes security was a concern in the first place, which is not what I see where I live/work. On 01/11/2018 11:27 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > What I'm more concerned about right now is something I'd term "security > apathy". We just lear

Re: [coreboot] smd work

2017-12-28 Thread Alberto Bursi
If it's a one-off thing, then soldering iron with small tip (and possibly some temperature control), solder, thin solder wick, then watch some youtube videos to see how to use them for smd work. Basically you blob solder on all pins to have the thing heat up all the pins together so you can the

Re: [coreboot] Re : Re: Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-24 Thread Alberto Bursi
previous mail was a troll/sarcasm, take it with a tongue in cheek :-P) > and I wish you great successes, but as other senders said in this thread, I > think that we, the Libre community cannot put big hopes in the promises of > entities like Intel or AMD anymore, and should actively ex

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-24 Thread Alberto Bursi
Meh, Intel ME is necessary for x86 platform initalization. Without ME the PC does not start at all. Anyway, the ME is used to provide third parties control and "security" over the user's system by cutting out the middleman (board firmware). Due to technical reasons they added all this functiona

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Purism BIOS is free? open?

2017-12-23 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 12/23/2017 11:54 AM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 23.12.2017 11:39, Nico Huber wrote: >> [1] I'm convinced that this is easily doable. At least compared to the >> effort you already put in liberating the unliberatable. If the i.MX8 >> turns out to be as controllable and well documented as

Re: [coreboot] Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

2017-12-08 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 12/08/2017 02:59 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > > That's just the HAP bit. The ME is limited but NOT disabled, and the > remaining stubs are still hackable [1]. > > Neither the ME or the PSP can ever be removed from their respective > systems. They can both be limited to some extent, but to ca

Re: [coreboot] a blast from the past

2017-10-28 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 10/28/2017 03:27 PM, ron minnich wrote: 2005, los alamos, a talk on EFI I had forgotten I had done. https://www.coreboot.org/images/d/d1/Openefi.pdf relevant to the current era. Sounds like the evil master plan behind your NERF project. https://trmm.net/NERF Good luck with it, we really

Re: [coreboot] ast2400 / ast2500

2017-10-21 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 10/21/2017 07:22 PM, Tirumalesh wrote: > Using complete open source firmware is just one of the important > advantages. > > In my understanding coreboot provides lot more than that for a small team. > > 1. No drivers in firmware(leaving some basic things like spi etc) > 2. A single image (firm

Re: [coreboot] ast2400 / ast2500

2017-10-21 Thread Alberto Bursi
What's the point? Coreboot is not supposed to be used as BMC firmware. If you want open BMC firmware you need to look for OpenBMC project, that supports Aspeed BMC chips and provides all features a BMC firmware should provide. https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc On 10/21/2017 04:00 AM, Tirumal

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot ECC support in Asrock IMB-A180-H

2017-09-10 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 09/10/2017 09:49 PM, Piotr Król wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 09/10/2017 01:04 PM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > > Hi Kyösti, Alberto, > >> At this very moment apu2/apu3 4GB models are marketed without ECC >> support. Latest available binaryPI build (which cont

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot ECC support in Asrock IMB-A180-H

2017-09-10 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 09/07/2017 01:24 PM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >> Hello Alberto, >> >> On 09/06/2017 09:30 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote: >>> I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based >>> "indus

Re: [coreboot] INT 13, real mode, block write commands and coreboot

2017-09-08 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 08/09/2017 04:42, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > AFAIK the more higher performance beagleboards such as the X15 have > native pci-e devices for sata, esata, ethernet etc. > > I would suggest a more free device such as a BeagleBoard, the RPI > foundation only likes open source when it is convenient

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot ECC support in Asrock IMB-A180-H

2017-09-06 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 09/06/2017 09:30 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote: > I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based > "industrial" mini-itx motherboard) on ebay and since it is supported by > Coreboot I was considering about purchasing it. > > The APU onboard supports E

[coreboot] (no subject)

2017-09-06 Thread Alberto Bursi
I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based "industrial" mini-itx motherboard) on ebay and since it is supported by Coreboot I was considering about purchasing it. The APU onboard supports ECC ram (ECC so-dimms are kinda rare but I can find them), while of course the Asrock si

Re: [coreboot] util/cbfstool in coreboot master

2017-08-21 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 21/08/2017 11:36, Patrick Georgi via coreboot wrote: > That's sad. The only fix I see is to take down the mirror. > > > Patrick How about adding a few lines in readme aimed at github users? The README is most likely the first thing most sane perople read before compiling, or if there are is

Re: [coreboot] DIY Laptop with a desktop board

2017-08-08 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 08/07/2017 11:55 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I am considering creating a DIY laptop that can fit an ATX board with > a 35W CPU - such as KCMA-D8 with a EE series opteron. > > Has anyone here done this before? are there some potential gotchas I > haven't thought of? making a custom "1U" case

Re: [coreboot] What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in the acronym BLOB ?

2017-05-31 Thread Alberto Bursi
Binary large Object, but it seems like a backronym (someone tried to create an acronym with a word used already) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_large_object On 31/05/2017 09:57, Don Saklad wrote: > What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in > the acronym BLOB ?