[coreboot] Re: How to maintain AGESA-based ports long-term?

2021-12-01 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Good thing about what I've suggested - "different places for v3 and v4 allocators" - is that it's (almost?) already done ;-) вт, 30 нояб. 2021 г. в 20:12, David Hendricks : > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 6:54 AM Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > > > Personally I don't see any reason for branching, if 99% of th

[coreboot] Does PCI driver code belong in coreboot (ARM)?

2021-12-01 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear coreboot folks, Currently, work is underway to add PCI support to ARM platforms [1][2]. If I remember correctly, coreboot’s goal to only do minimal hardware initialization originally meant, that the payload/OS does PCI initialization. Only due to shortcomings in the Linux kernel many yea

[coreboot] Re: How to maintain AGESA-based ports long-term?

2021-12-01 Thread Nico Huber
On 01.12.21 11:28, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > Good thing about what I've suggested - "different places for v3 and v4 > allocators" - is that it's (almost?) already done ;-) It would mean a constant burden for the project. The resource allocation is kind of the heart of coreboot's ramstage, it's strongly

[coreboot] Re: Does PCI driver code belong in coreboot (ARM)?

2021-12-01 Thread Patrick Georgi via coreboot
1. Dezember 2021 12:06, "Paul Menzel" schrieb: > If I remember correctly, coreboot’s goal to only do minimal hardware > initialization originally meant, that the payload/OS does PCI > initialization. The original idea was to boot into Linux (hence LinuxBIOS, back in the day). coreboot is very d

[coreboot] Re: How to maintain AGESA-based ports long-term?

2021-12-01 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Thank you, these seem to be good points. However, in regards to: > If you have any hope of open-source coreboot for newer platforms, you > shouldn't make it harder for coreboot to advance. Where to advance? Are there any "newer platforms" that are as worthy as the "older platforms": 1) as secure

[coreboot] Re: How to maintain AGESA-based ports long-term?

2021-12-01 Thread Nico Huber
On 01.12.21 15:57, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > Thank you, these seem to be good points. However, in regards to: > >> If you have any hope of open-source coreboot for newer platforms, you >> shouldn't make it harder for coreboot to advance. > > Where to advance? Are there any "newer platforms" that are as

[coreboot] [coreboot - Support #324] (New) samsung r580

2021-12-01 Thread coreboot
Issue #324 has been reported by kostya kuznetsov. Support #324: samsung r580 https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/324 * Author: kostya kuznetsov * Status: New * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: * Target version: ---

[coreboot] Re: How to maintain AGESA-based ports long-term?

2021-12-01 Thread ron minnich
We've always deprecated platforms. And they're still in tree -- you can build for DEC Alpha if you want. There's no shame in not being in the latest release. Given unlimited time and money and people, we could fix all the problems. We live in a world of limits, and must do what we can with the re