[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-15 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 10.07.19 07:58, Frans Hendriks wrote: > It's not related to a project but general support for computer-on-module > (COM) boards. COM board is a single-board computers containing CPU, Memory, > Chipset (SoC). These boards don't contain the standard connectors for I/O. > These boards need to be

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-10 Thread Julius Werner
> It's not related to a project but general support for computer-on-module > (COM) boards. COM board is a single-board computers containing CPU, Memory, > Chipset (SoC). These boards don't contain the standard connectors for I/O. > These boards need to be placed on a carrier board (baseboad), wh

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-10 Thread Nico Huber
On 09.07.19 08:57, Frans Hendriks wrote: > Variants can be used for mainboards. The variants are used for boards within > the same mainboard manufacturer directory. > Computer-On-Module (COM) can be used on different carriers which do not have > same manufacturer. > > Proposal is creating a COM d

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-10 Thread Nico Huber
On 09.07.19 12:41, Patrick Rudolph wrote: > Hi Frans and Felix, > > On 2019-07-09 11:56 AM, Felix Held wrote: >> Hi Frans! >> >>> Proposal is creating a COM directory ‘src/com’ where the module >>> manufacturer and module name are used. (Similar to mainboard). >>> In this src/com directory common m

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-10 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:59 PM Frans Hendriks wrote: > The COM board is 'subset' of mainboard. > Suggestion is splitting COM board support (which is not a complete mainboard) > from carrier support. we had this type of board in LinuxBIOS v1 with some PPC systems and followed a similar approach

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-09 Thread Frans Hendriks
ge- From: Julius Werner [mailto:jwer...@chromium.org] Sent: woensdag 10 juli 2019 03:23 To: Patrick Rudolph Cc: Felix Held ; Coreboot Subject: [coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations Could you guys explain your board layout a little more for those of us not familiar with y

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-09 Thread Julius Werner
Could you guys explain your board layout a little more for those of us not familiar with your project? Is this SOM/COM something that runs coreboot code, or just something that the SoC running coreboot code talks to? In the latter case, I would say that it's a peripheral and thus its code belongs u

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-09 Thread Patrick Rudolph
Hi Frans and Felix, On 2019-07-09 11:56 AM, Felix Held wrote: Hi Frans! Proposal is creating a COM directory ‘src/com’ where the module manufacturer and module name are used. (Similar to mainboard). In this src/com directory common module support is placed. mainboard will use this COM module

[coreboot] Re: Suggestion Computer-On-Module implementations

2019-07-09 Thread Felix Held
Hi Frans! Proposal is creating a COM directory ‘src/com’ where the module manufacturer and module name are used. (Similar to mainboard). In this src/com directory common module support is placed. mainboard will use this COM module and contains the ‘variant’ code. Sounds like a good idea to me