#21 Some (probably librebootable) boards to add

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opened 2 years ago by allanherrera · 2 comments

I'm not 100% sure if it's possible, but apparently, there are some AMD 15h(Mostly AGESA) boards than may be interesting to Libreboot:

*HP Pavilion m6 1035dx
*LENOVO G505S Is being already in progress
*ASUS A88XM-E
*ASUS F2A85-M
*MSI MS-7721(Hudson, FINTEK F71869AD super I/O)
*ADLINK CoreModule2-GF(14h?)
*AMD DB-FS1r2 (Parmer) (Dev board for FS1r2 Socket, lots of laptops were based on that)
*AMD DB-FP2 (Thatcher)

I know it seems like a lot of work, but these look, again, promising and could give libreboot the boost it needs.

I'm not 100% sure if it's possible, but apparently, there are some AMD 15h(Mostly AGESA) boards than may be interesting to Libreboot: *HP Pavilion m6 1035dx *<s>LENOVO G505S</s> Is being already in progress<br> *ASUS A88XM-E<br> *ASUS F2A85-M<br> *MSI MS-7721(Hudson, FINTEK F71869AD super I/O)<br> *ADLINK CoreModule2-GF(14h?)<br> *AMD DB-FS1r2 (Parmer) (Dev board for FS1r2 Socket, lots of laptops were based on that)<br> *AMD DB-FP2 (Thatcher) I know it seems like a lot of work, but these look, again, promising and could give libreboot the boost it needs.
GNUtoo commented 1 year ago

For the computer using an AMD CPU, there is the issue of the graphic card. Both AMD/ATI and Nvidia graphic card require nonfree software to work.

For AMD/ATI, some are supported by linux-libre, but even these require nonfree software: they require at least nonfree bytecode that is provided by the video BIOS, and to get the display to work before the driver is loaded, the code from the nonfree video BIOS is also needed.

The Nvidia graphic card have the exact same issue: while some of them work fine, they also require nonfree bytecode and they have a nonfree video BIOS.

In addition some AMD mainboards also have a nonfree SMU firmware used for power management inside the CPU.

Solving the graphic card issue is possible since it was done for Intel graphic cards, and that alone would also benefit some of the AMD mainboards already supported by Libreboot.

For the computer using an AMD CPU, there is the issue of the graphic card. Both AMD/ATI and Nvidia graphic card require nonfree software to work. For AMD/ATI, some are supported by linux-libre, but even these require nonfree software: they require at least nonfree bytecode that is provided by the video BIOS, and to get the display to work before the driver is loaded, the code from the nonfree video BIOS is also needed. The Nvidia graphic card have the exact same issue: while some of them work fine, they also require nonfree bytecode and they have a nonfree video BIOS. In addition some AMD mainboards also have a nonfree SMU firmware used for power management inside the CPU. Solving the graphic card issue is possible since it was done for Intel graphic cards, and that alone would also benefit some of the AMD mainboards already supported by Libreboot.
Leah Rowe commented 1 year ago
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all of these can definitely be added. leaving this open for my own reference.

all of these can definitely be added. leaving this open for my own reference.
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