[coreboot] Re: Coreboot's stance on Purism since 2015: What changed ?

2023-06-28 Thread Timothy Pearson via coreboot
I do want to point out the elephant in the room however, and that is the Intel ME firmware, which is still present and active (without it, the silicon won't be in a state where it could initialize the main cores). If you want a truly libre firmware system you'll need to look outside of the x86

[coreboot] Re: [GSoC-23] Introductory mail

2023-03-08 Thread Timothy Pearson via coreboot
Good to meet you Aditya! For POWER9 support, there is an existing port here: https://github.com/3mdeb/coreboot/tree/talos_2_support It would be very interesting to get that cleaned up / finished and merged into the main coreboot tree. We may be able to provide remote access to hardware to

[coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

2019-10-17 Thread Timothy Pearson
Yes, you are correct. Typing too quickly, thinking of POWER8 :) - Original Message - > From: "Merlin Büge" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "coreboot" > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:40:28 PM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGP

[coreboot] Re: OpenBMC on KGPE-D16, somebody has it working?

2019-10-17 Thread Timothy Pearson
It's not really PoC quality; FWIW we actually use it in production (with passwords changed etc.). The main limits that are run into are related to the tiny AST2050 and its associated Flash device -- there is very little Flash or RAM available on these platforms (by modern standards) and

[coreboot] Re: coreboot on new Supermicro boards with AMD Epyc CPUs?

2019-10-17 Thread Timothy Pearson
My understanding is that this is not possible due to PSP and AGESA binaries. Even if AMD were to eventually allow the AGESA binary to be used by coreboot, the PSP remains a signed binary module alongside AGESA, and there would likely be binary PI modules required as well. As it stands however

[coreboot] Re: KGPE-D16 maintainership

2019-10-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
Can you start with a memtest run with the hardware configuration that causes the kernel bug to trigger? - Original Message - > From: "Kinky Nekoboi" > To: "Vikings GmbH" > Cc: "Piotr Król" , "coreboot" , > "insurgo" > Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 2:44:22 AM > Subject: [coreboot]

[coreboot] Re: KGPE-D16 maintainership

2019-09-17 Thread Timothy Pearson
if there's interest. :) Thanks! - Original Message - > From: "Vikings GmbH" > To: "Piotr Król" , insu...@riseup.net > Cc: "coreboot" , "Timothy Pearson" > , "Andrew Luke Nesbit" > > Sent: Tuesday, September

[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 si

[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 si

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick Georgi" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "David Hendricks" , "coreboot" > > Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 1:06:10 AM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Web site revamp > Am So.,

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "Jonathan Zhang" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "coreboot" > Sent: Monday, September 2, 2019 12:06:54 AM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Web site revamp > Hi, > > I believe we have consensus that the curre

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-01 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick Georgi" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "David Hendricks" , "coreboot" > > Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 10:30:30 AM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Web site revamp > Am So.,

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-09-01 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "ron minnich" > To: "Patrick Georgi" > Cc: "Matt B" , "Timothy Pearson" > , "David Hendricks" > , "coreboot" > Sent: Sunday, September 1, 2019 2:49:42 PM > Subject: Re: [cor

[coreboot] Re: Web site revamp

2019-08-31 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "David Hendricks" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "coreboot" > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2019 7:08:55 PM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Web site revamp >> If people are not aware of the ME, PSP, AGESA

[coreboot] Re: Verified boot on AMD Picasso

2019-08-31 Thread Timothy Pearson
ll one off entirely to force the other, but at the same time we do need to be very clear in words that non-technical people may understand just what is what. Thanks! -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering, LLC https://www.raptorengineering.com ___ c

[coreboot] Web site revamp

2019-08-31 Thread Timothy Pearson
open ISA platforms aims to provide a fully open, auditable boot process with maximum control over the technology." Thoughts? -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering, LLC https://www.raptorengineering.com ___ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org

[coreboot] Re: What maintenance is expected from coreboot developers & companies

2019-05-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
- Original Message - > From: "Julius Werner" > To: "Timothy Pearson" > Cc: "Martin Roth" , "Peter Stuge" , > "coreboot" > Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 5:23:58 PM > Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: What maintenance

[coreboot] Re: What maintenance is expected from coreboot developers & companies

2019-05-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
I would suggest the same industry standard maintenance period that would normally apply to a commercial, closed source product. For instance, consumer hardware might only receive a year or two of support from initial release, but an embedded system might be more typically see 3-5 years or

[coreboot] Re: Google Summer of Code 2019

2019-01-16 Thread Timothy Pearson
in their process to join and grow in the community. > > The time frame would be early May to early September: > https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline. > > So if you're interested in growing our community, please speak up :-) > > > Thanks, > Patrick

Re: [coreboot] KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 Tip: Force sensor module load order to avoid the improper changing of hwmon paths which breaks fancontrol

2018-12-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
ep w83795g pre: radeon > We should probably create a board documentation tips/tricks section in GIT since the Wiki is no longer available. Side note: I still wish there was an easier way to do this; I never bothered transferring documentation to GIT because of the added time / complexity vs. the

Re: [coreboot] Asus KGPE-D16 non-working S3 suspend with Qubes 4

2018-12-10 Thread Timothy Pearson
I think there was some work being put into adding the relocateable ramstage support but I don't know current status. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [coreboot] Asus KGPE-D16 with latest coreboot errors with Unsupported Hardware on Qubes 4 install missing IOMMU?

2018-12-07 Thread Timothy Pearson
space taken up with Talos / Blackbird boards for the most part). Things should settle down some after Christmas, so I'll see what I can do to pull the old D16 dev platform back out at that time and start testing / merging patches. Are there any others that I should also help take a look at? -

Re: [coreboot] GSOC submission

2018-11-29 Thread Timothy Pearson
gt; <mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org> > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > > > -- > Google Germany GmbH, ABC-Str. 19, 20354 Hamburg > Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891, Sitz der Gesellschaft: > Hamburg > Geschäftsführer

Re: [coreboot] FYI: Raptor's new POWER9-based "Blackbird" open for pre-order

2018-11-27 Thread Timothy Pearson
orate on it. We have a page on our Wiki here that is attempting to track what is needed and get a port off the ground: https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Coreboot/ToDo - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptoreng

Re: [coreboot] Supported Motherboards

2018-11-07 Thread Timothy Pearson
for those platforms; while they are old enough that the ME can be significantly reduced, it cannot be completely eliminated. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: [coreboot] Schematics and PCB design for ASMB4 (Was: There are ASMB5's on fleabay right now for $30/ea (firmware storage module required for OpenBMC on the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8))

2018-11-05 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 11/05/2018 03:44 PM, Daniel Gröber wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 02:21:10PM -0600, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> Since Raptor has the ability to allocate official MACs (non-local), >> which can be useful at the enterprise level via DHCP pinning, I might >> see if we can re

Re: [coreboot] Schematics and PCB design for ASMB4 (Was: There are ASMB5's on fleabay right now for $30/ea (firmware storage module required for OpenBMC on the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8))

2018-11-04 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/03/2018 01:51 PM, Daniel Gröber wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 01:28:06PM -0500, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> Very nice work! I too had been intending to work on this at some >> nebulous date in the future, great to see i

Re: [coreboot] Schematics and PCB design for ASMB4 (Was: There are ASMB5's on fleabay right now for $30/ea (firmware storage module required for OpenBMC on the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8))

2018-11-03 Thread Timothy Pearson
eat to see it actually done and boards ordered! Quick question -- how are you handling MAC allocation? Each module comes with the MAC address on a sticker; the mainboard itself doesn't have a MAC allocated to the BMC port until the module is installed. In any case, we'll probably be switching a

Re: [coreboot] Matrix instead (or additionally to) IRC

2018-10-29 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 10/28/2018 06:27 PM, Philipp Stanner wrote: > Well, which client would you especially recommend? On my side I'm rather fond of Konversation. Pidgin is decent too. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (

Re: [coreboot] Matrix instead (or additionally to) IRC

2018-10-28 Thread Timothy Pearson
ill just shut down the real time channel and make Email seem like the most attractive option. ;-) - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEB

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-08-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/12/2018 01:14 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > As of late last week: > > W have the processor user guide, full register documentation, and a > smattering of other resources released publicly [1]. The PHB > documentation is s

Re: [coreboot] They're selling used KCMA-D8's for $100 on fleabay

2018-07-21 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/21/2018 03:50 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 07/21/2018 04:17 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 07/19/2018 10:35 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: >>> (not

Re: [coreboot] They're selling used KCMA-D8's for $100 on fleabay

2018-07-21 Thread Timothy Pearson
PUs to run; the only way to tell is by looking at the board serial and comparing against the tables in an ASUS errata document. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATUR

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-07-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
ce on non-multithreaded games so > this is disappointing but I will investigate further. > > [1] turionpowercontrol, an overclocking software This sounds like CC6 broke. Can you check to see if CC6 is enabled in your NVRAM settings? -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-07-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 07/12/2018 10:41 PM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:41 AM, Timothy Pearson > mailto:tpear...@raptorengineering.com>> > wrote: > > Good to know, thanks for testing! I've been looking into relocateable > ramstage in case suspend was still fai

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-07-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
: > Hi guys! > > I have just tested my KGPE-D16's suspend a few times with the latest > master and it works fine - takes around a minute to get back to my linux > terminal. -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (swi

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-06-27 Thread Timothy Pearson
db508565d2483394b709654c57533e55eebace51 07/10/2017 > >> >> Repeat tests with current master. > > Thanks, I will have info for you by the end of the this weekend and I > will also investigate things myself if S3 doesn't work... > Just wanted to follow up on the bise

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-25 Thread Timothy Pearson
fab a chip with the right resources, but there is no reason to actually fab a chip, nor do I personally have the resources to do so. In practice, publicly available implementations are what determine the actual openness of an architecture. Compared to fab and design costs, everything else is n

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-25 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 06/25/2018 02:30 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 06/24/2018 08:06 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >> On 25.06.2018 01:55, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>> On 06/24/2018 06:41 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>>> On 06/24/2018 06:35 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >>>>> On 24.06.20

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-25 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 06/24/2018 08:06 PM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 25.06.2018 01:55, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> On 06/24/2018 06:41 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>> On 06/24/2018 06:35 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >>>> On 24.06.2018 23:52, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>>>

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-24 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 06/24/2018 06:41 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 06/24/2018 06:35 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >> On 24.06.2018 23:52, Timothy Pearson wrote: >>> On 06/24/2018 03:43 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >>>> On 24.06.2018 21:37, taii...@gmx.com wrote: >>>>> On 06/24/20

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-24 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 06/24/2018 06:35 PM, Nico Huber wrote: > On 24.06.2018 23:52, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> On 06/24/2018 03:43 PM, Nico Huber wrote: >>> On 24.06.2018 21:37, taii...@gmx.com wrote: >>>> On 06/24/2018 02:59 PM, ron minnich wrote: >>>>> On Sun,

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-24 Thread Timothy Pearson
omething to work with. And it's open. It is marketed > as open. It is designed to be open. It is based on an open platform. I just want to counter this one point. POWER9 is absolutely not power hungry. I've seen the 8-core chips idle at under 10W, with active loads maybe in the 40-60W range.

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-21 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/21/2018 01:14 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 06/20/2018 09:13 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: >> https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/hardware/motherboards-chipsets/1021175-risc-v-sifive-freedom-unleahsed-540-soc-hifive-unleashed-bo

Re: [coreboot] RISC-V HiFive Unleashed board added to coreboot - has PCI-e slots via exp board

2018-06-21 Thread Timothy Pearson
. > Their bootloader is a blob in ROM, for what it's worth. They also will not release source for it [1]. I haven't looked further since that alone is a dealbreaker for an "open" / auditable chip. [1] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5127 - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-06-20 Thread Timothy Pearson
> >> >> Repeat tests with current master. > > Thanks, I will have info for you by the end of the this weekend and I > will also investigate things myself if S3 doesn't work... > If you can isolate the commit I have time blocked off this week to work on bringing the

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-06-15 Thread Timothy Pearson
n to an SPI misread somewhere, but more importantly it appears that: 1.) The SPI controller in the southbridge receives at least some leakage power from +5VSB, and retains state as a result while the PSU is plugged in. 2.) The board reset lines don't fully reset the SPI controller in the southbridge 3.)

Re: [coreboot] [RFH] Native AMD fam10-15 support

2018-06-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
ng for EARLY_CBMEM_INIT > northbridge/intel/i440bx<- already tested > northbridge/via/vx900 <- I know competent person to do this > soc/intel/fsp_baytrail <- I have hardware and know person to > double-check > soc/intel/fsp_broadwell_de <- I

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-06-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
ocs at this point > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:59 PM Timothy Pearson > mailto:tpear...@raptorengineering.com>> > wrote: > > For anyone wanting a more affordable development platform for POWER9, > check out the Talos II Lite: > > https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-06-07 Thread Timothy Pearson
painful)? Looking forward to seeing coreboot on ppc64el systems! On 05/29/2018 03:45 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Sorry, can't add todayit's a little over 6,000 pages of new > documentation. Still, hardly light reading! > > On 05/29/2018 03:39 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote:

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-29 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sorry, can't add todayit's a little over 6,000 pages of new documentation. Still, hardly light reading! On 05/29/2018 03:39 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Register documentation was published today. Links to the three volumes > (over 7000

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-29 Thread Timothy Pearson
/File:POWER9_Registers_vol2_version1.2_pub.pdf https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/File:POWER9_Registers_vol3_version1.2_pub.pdf That leaves only the PHB documentation in process at this point. Almost there On 05/12/2018 02:34 AM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > On 05/03/2018 06:02 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > >> On T

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/03/2018 06:02 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > > On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:20 PM Timothy Pearson > <tpear...@raptorengineering.com <mailto:tpear...@raptorengineering.com>> > wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNE

Re: [coreboot] FSP 2.0 headers in coreboot

2018-05-10 Thread Timothy Pearson
dn't need is not implemented yet, which is a situation that >>> can happen just as well on a fully blob-free board.) >>> >>> It's not just free software when you can port it to a completely new >>> mainboard, in the same way that the coreboot core code is still fr

Re: [coreboot] Why do we have FSP-S

2018-05-04 Thread Timothy Pearson
r class, though :-) Its successor is better performing but completely closed. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=Raptor-TALOS2-Initial-Tests - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGI

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-03 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 05/03/2018 06:02 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > > On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 1:20 PM Timothy Pearson > <tpear...@raptorengineering.com <mailto:tpear...@raptorengineering.com>> > wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > I

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-03 Thread Timothy Pearson
arge and > fragile item from US to Europe) > I will attend the coreboot conference in september and like Jonathan > said, I'm really interested by a POWER9 session at this conference. > Best regards, > Florentin Demetrescu > > > -

Re: [coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-03 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/03/2018 03:44 AM, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 9:22 PM, Timothy Pearson > <tpear...@raptorengineering.com> wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> We've been k

[coreboot] POWER9 / Talos II coreboot support?

2018-05-02 Thread Timothy Pearson
ven vendor cooperation. Being able to shave a significant amount of time out of the IPL would also show that coreboot's model provides advantages over a more standard vendor flow. Is anyone interested in signing on for a long term project of this size? [1] https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ - -- Timot

Re: [coreboot] Why do we have FSP-S

2018-05-01 Thread Timothy Pearson
POWER9 IPL process is rather bloated. It's all open, but bloated. I'd love to see a coreboot port done in earnest to POWER9. We have all the information we need to do it, just need buy-in from serious developers. Might even be some free hardware in it for interested people - -- Timothy Pea

Re: [coreboot] Why do we have FSP-S

2018-05-01 Thread Timothy Pearson
they can't have (basically, cheap, powerful, and open -- pick two), and just wanted to say that there are open systems *right now*, no vendor coaxing needed. Our recommendation for some time has been a mix -- arm64 client devices (laptops, tablets, etc.) and ppc64el servers. With those two, you can repla

Re: [coreboot] Open Source Firmware Conference 2018

2018-04-22 Thread Timothy Pearson
gt; 2018 and let us change the way of firmware development together! > > Further information: www.osfc.io <http://www.osfc.io/> > Newsletter: https://goo.gl/7JF7NW > Twitter: osfc_io > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line)

Re: [coreboot] Re : Re: BIOS/CoreBoot/UBOOT

2018-04-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
w..) have > STEALTH access to your banking operations at every moment?... > > Florentin > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v

Re: [coreboot] KGPE-D16 / Problem booting with two CPUs

2018-04-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
U's with the same core count but > differing frequencies? > > Thanks > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJaznCJAAoJE

Re: [coreboot] KGPE-D16 / Problem booting with two CPUs

2018-04-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
pported. > > Regards, > > - Eli > > On 11/04/18 20:44, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> I don't know if coreboot has support for differing CPUs in the same >> mainboard; it's not something I can recall testing at any point. >> >> The failure is occurring far bef

Re: [coreboot] KGPE-D16 / Problem booting with two CPUs

2018-04-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
oblem. > > Any ideas? > > Thank you for your help. > > Regards, > > - Eli > > > > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: [coreboot] coreboot is going to make kcma-d8 obsolete

2018-04-06 Thread Timothy Pearson
reboot.git to continue remaining official > maintenance of what remains of the maintenance of libre-friendly > hardware, within the coreboot project) - -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org <mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org> https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot <http

Re: [coreboot] ASUS PIKE (LSI SAS 2008) are for sale on fleabay for $30/ea (for the KGPE-D6/KCMA-D8)

2018-03-13 Thread Timothy Pearson
Offical firmware (hard to find this link) > https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/9211_8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip > > > Unfortunately they have proprietary firmware like all SAS cards but at > least as they are used you aren't supporting further non-free development. >

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-05 Thread Timothy Pearson
" > name and while I could simply make something up I instead I wish to > protest this policy and hear out a justification for it. > > This is a project with a main goal of improving security however having > your name on the internet is almost always going to be bad security. >

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

2018-03-01 Thread Timothy Pearson
, mandatory plug for Talos II here: these bottlenecks disappear on newer hardware and you don't have to accept the ME/PSP to get access to modern speeds. The KGPE-D16 is the last and most powerful owner-controllable x86 machine, but it is definitely showing its age in some areas. > Cheers, Dani

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-28 Thread Timothy Pearson
On 02/27/2018 11:15 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 02/22/2018 04:36 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > >> Actually, for OpenBMC work, hotplugging is often the only way to go. >> Just be very careful to align the pins correctly the first time; you >> don't have a second chance

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-26 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thank you! If you have questions during the process please feel free to ask. On 02/26/2018 04:53 AM, James Hebden wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 04:25:23AM -0600, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> On 02/25/2018 02:18 AM, Mike Banon wrote:

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-25 Thread Timothy Pearson
inal funding effort and I haven't had any spare time to try to work on it; been working on several other projects in what little spare time I have had over the past year. If anyone else would like to apply the recommended cleanups and resubmit I'm fine with that. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor En

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-25 Thread Timothy Pearson
.." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: OpenBMC & KGPE-D16 (Elisenda Cuadros) >> 2. Re: OpenBMC & KGPE-D16 (Timothy Pearson) >> 3. Re: OpenBMC & KGPE-D16 (Elisenda Cuadros) >> 4. Re: OpenBMC & KGPE-D16 (Timothy Pearson)

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-23 Thread Timothy Pearson
the patches now. > > Regards, > > - Eli > > > On 24/02/18 00:01, Timothy Pearson wrote: > You need these patches: > > https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/19822/ > > This one in particular: > > https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/coreboot/+/19820/

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-23 Thread Timothy Pearson
on any nodes. Halting! > mct_d: fatalexit > > If I remove the BMC module the system boots fine. > > I have 4 Micron MT18JSF25672PDZ-1G4F1DD modules, located in CPU1 orange > slots. > > I attach both console logs. > > Regards, > > - Eli > > > > On

Re: [coreboot] OpenBMC & KGPE-D16

2018-02-22 Thread Timothy Pearson
ou can use a test clip to externally flash it via a flashing device > (not sure which can do 16 pins though, I would inquire on the flashrom > mailinglist) > > Are you using the latest coreboot? AFAIK coreboot was patched to support > OpenBMC, so you need a new version with the patches.

Re: [coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)

2018-02-20 Thread Timothy Pearson
t has missing bottom capacitors or scratches on >> the pads, always ask a seller for a photo of the bottom if you buy a >> G34 CPU like the 6386SE. >>> I know my English is very poor, >> Naah it is fine :] >> > > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +

Re: [coreboot] [off topic] Opteron CPU missing chips on the bottom

2018-02-20 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/20/2018 11:50 AM, Duncan wrote: > Hi, > > taii...@gmx.com: >> On 01/31/2018 02:16 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Since you'

Re: [coreboot] New user of KGPE-D16

2018-02-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
ous it wasn't shiny :-) . > > I want to try your OpenBMC port. I readed I have to solder the 20 pin > connector. > > Pin 1 is the squared shape, isn't it? But which is Pin 1 in the female > connector? > > Best regards, > > - Eli > > > On 14/02/18 23:42,

Re: [coreboot] New user of KGPE-D16

2018-02-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
ank you for your reply Timothy. > > I removed the heatsink and cleaned the cpu contacts. > > Now it boots. > > Thank you for your support. > > Best regards, > > - Eli > > > On 14/02/18 22:46, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Dead / incompatible DIMM,

Re: [coreboot] New user of KGPE-D16

2018-02-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
. The result I think is more or less the same, it doesn't > arrive to payload. > > Memory is installed in A2,B2,C2 and D2 slots. > > I spent multiple hours trying to figure where is the problem. > > Do you have any ideas? > > I attach the console log. > > Thanks in adv

Re: [coreboot] QEMU x86_64 Q35 Automated Test Failure [master]

2018-02-12 Thread Timothy Pearson
ains the successful boot log of the > fallback image. My test showed, that the board builds and runs fine up > to the SeaBIOS payload. > > I believe there is a problem with the test stand, so could you please > take it offline for now until you can look into it and provide the > need

Re: [coreboot] Are multiple GPUs with lots of memory (ex: 8GB+8GB) supported in coreboot?

2018-02-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
NICs and GFX too). Any off-board, prefetchable > 64bit BARs that are large (say over 64MiB) in size might a viable > starting point, where 32bit space would not run out of room. I have > had a look at this before, but without funding did not pursue for > submitting or completing it. &

Re: [coreboot] [off topic] Opteron CPU missing chips on the bottom

2018-01-31 Thread Timothy Pearson
le some of these damaged CPUs seem to work just fine, I had > several which do not recognize more than 1-2 pcs of memory and, thus, would > not recommend buying one of these. > > Cheers, Daniel > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct l

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-01-23 Thread Timothy Pearson
't figure out how they managed to make it so affordable, this > is seriously great. > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org > <mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org> > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor

Re: [coreboot] Server systems shipped with coreboot

2018-01-17 Thread Timothy Pearson
Boot firmware, and the newer OCP nodes already come with OpenBMC. > > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJaX8ynAAoJE

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

2018-01-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
> meltdown/spectre > > [799] via coreboot wrote: >> Can't "we" build one or maybe two crowd founded secure Laptops (12", 15.x") > > The short answer to that is no, no we can't. The long answer is a > discussion over beers or another prefered bever

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

2018-01-11 Thread Timothy Pearson
ll am under the impression that fixing both issue classes > requires microcode updates, can you link to a better explanation? > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -

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

2017-12-19 Thread Timothy Pearson
to do is to create a modern laptop for >> *everyone* with the extra value of security and privacy, and in the process >> make FLOSS appealing to mainstream instead of letting it be confined in a >> niche. I think everyone will be better off with tools to protect their >> privacy/

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

2017-12-19 Thread Timothy Pearson
ineering effort that is said to have been put into the Purism machines I wonder what we could have had if said effort had been put into an aarch64 system instead of an x86 system? - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.

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

2017-12-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
arch done on that). > > I hadn't realized that until now when researching an error-free > response to you, so thanks for helping me notice that mistake in my > understanding. > > Youness. > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 6

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

2017-12-13 Thread Timothy Pearson
cation on why using the term "disabled" is > valid in this case when HAP is enabled. You are free to disagree if > that didn't convince you. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) ht

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

2017-12-08 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/2017 08:40 AM, Alberto Bursi wrote: > > > 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]. >

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

2017-12-08 Thread Timothy Pearson
les! > > Man, there are very serious people out there trying to demystify secrets. > > I will read again this article later, very concentrated... Trying to put > some more comprehensive picture in my mind. > > Thank you, all of you, Black Hat, Positive Technology, and ot

Re: [coreboot] Hardware vendors offering systems with Intel ME disabled

2017-12-07 Thread Timothy Pearson
(DIY approach)?.. > - And a more "politically sensitive" question (you can simply ignore it if > it is too dangerous to answer..): do you think that Intel is somewhat .. > "collaborative" (or at least indifferent..) to this new initiative of Dell or > System76?.. >

Re: [coreboot] Blank screen during boot and max CPU fan speed for ASUS KGPE-D16

2017-12-05 Thread Timothy Pearson
ninstalled / slow fans are disconnected or failed. Hope this helps! [1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/fancontrol [2] https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-bmc-port-status.php - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://w

Re: [coreboot] Is Goryachy's JTAG hack a chance for free firmware ?

2017-11-29 Thread Timothy Pearson
be used to get around that ? > > thx. > > --mtx > - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAG

Re: [coreboot] Let’s solve the Asus KCMA-D8 mess

2017-10-24 Thread Timothy Pearson
t; > Pierre Just wanted to follow up with some closure on this thread. Leah contacted us earlier this year and offered to pay; all debts have been settled at this point and we have no further qualms or concerns regarding Libreboot or Minifree. Thank you all for your understanding! - -- Tim

Re: [coreboot] ast2400 / ast2500

2017-10-20 Thread Timothy Pearson
; SuperMicro likes to use it but it doesn't look like any of those boards are supported (there are no reports for any of those boards in the board status repository [1]). [1] https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1

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