[coreboot] FILO 0.6.0 payload bootloader - Bug Reports!

2017-06-13 Thread Ivan Ivanov
=== If you have some ideas about one or more of FILO problems, please tell === %%% 1st problem - FILO is impossible to build on the modern x86_64 system (Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS with gcc 5.4.0) : ... CC build/x86/context.o AS build/x86/switch.S.o /bin/sh: 1: --32: not found Makefile:177:

Re: [coreboot] FILO 0.6.0 payload bootloader - Bug Reports!

2017-06-13 Thread Ivan Ivanov
hannel 3 not found No word about SATA, but maybe this is a correct behaviour? or not? Please tell me what extra info do you need, and I will try my best to extract and provide it Best regards, Ivan Ivanov aka qmastery 2017-06-13 20:40 GMT+03:00 Stefan Reinauer : > > > On Tue, J

Re: [coreboot] FILO 0.6.0 payload bootloader - Bug Reports!

2017-06-24 Thread Ivan Ivanov
use LZMA compression while adding to coreboot - it becomes just ~120K so not problem to use But this does not solve a problem - it still stucks at this assembly, while half year ago - when I compiled it on x86 OS with older compilers it didn't stuck while booting on the same hardware. Sadly I

[coreboot] AMD Lenovo G505S = ok ! Please share your reports for other boards, especially Unknown status

2017-06-25 Thread Ivan Ivanov
vities Best regards, Ivan Ivanov -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

[coreboot] cbfstool without cloning the whole repository? Use script for <2M download

2017-07-11 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Dear friends, sometimes you need to do a few operations with coreboot.rom (e.g. update its' payload) without changing coreboot.rom's main code. If you have bad Internet connection or just want to quickly get the latest version of cbfstool without cloning the whole coreboot/vboot repositories - my b

Re: [coreboot] Lenovo G505s AMD Hardware Virtualization

2017-11-29 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi awokd, are you sure that your HVM is correctly installed / has a correct config ? Because: you may have heard about Qubes OS - excellent OS which is based on Xen, has the same and even stronger security than Xen in some cases, and it is working perfectly at Lenovo G505S laptop with coreboot inst

Re: [coreboot] freebsd

2017-12-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Yes, FreeBSD is my primary OS at my coreboot'ed machine at the moment. I got a bit disappointed at Linux recent developments and decided to switch Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2017-12-03 14:35 GMT+03:00 ingegneriafore...@alice.it : > Hello guys, > > I apologize with you for the st

Re: [coreboot] Coreboot Bios Compatibility

2017-12-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
OS overclocking tools such as turionpowercontrol for AMD CPUs which works under Linux. Also, https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO Best regards , Ivan Ivanov 2017-12-03 17:14 GMT+03:00 Raziel in Shambles : > Hello, > > > i'd like to know if it is possible to flash the coreboot bi

Re: [coreboot] Lenovo G505s AMD Hardware Virtualization

2017-12-15 Thread Ivan Ivanov
available? Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2017-12-12 6:21 GMT+03:00 taii...@gmx.com : > Congratulations for following through on the investigation :D > > I am not sure how to do a commit, but I hope you are able to find out as you > will have helped a lot of people. > > I am pleased with m

Re: [coreboot] cbfstool without cloning the whole repository? Use script for <2M download

2017-12-23 Thread Ivan Ivanov
vstorage_fields.h,2nvstorage.h,2rsa.h,2secdata.h,2tpm_bootmode.h wget --recursive --no-parent --no-host-directories --cut-dirs=3 \ --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0" --execute robots=off \ --directory-prefix=./3rdparty/vboot/ \ https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/vboot.git/plain/firmware/include/vb2_api.h c

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

2017-12-23 Thread Ivan Ivanov
and RISC V now ; meanwhile sticking to the AMD pre-PSP tech Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2017-12-23 15:08 GMT+03:00 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.

Re: [coreboot] How to properly conform with GPLv2 for Coreboot and SeaBIOS on an embedded system

2017-12-24 Thread Ivan Ivanov
s, we could come up with a lot of good ideas of how it could be done. Also it will be great to learn about your product once its released, maybe some of coreboot developers would want to get your device - and this could probably give some additional support from community Best regards, Ivan Iva

Re: [coreboot] Depthcharge License

2017-12-24 Thread Ivan Ivanov
This commit got merged and the Depthcharge now should have the requested license files at its root directory. Dear friend, please let us learn about your device once it is released, maybe some of the coreboot developers would want to get your device - to use, and possibly help Best regards, Ivan

[coreboot] Public Notepad for coreboot 4.7 release

2017-12-27 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Paul, only now I noticed this public notepad for 4.7 coreboot release notes: [1] https://pads.ccc.de/s7c2eXetAu Last revision - 8 days ago, hope more people will notice this notepad now. I will be contributing to it Best regards, Ivan 2017-12-21 11:23 GMT+03:00 Paul Menzel : > Dear coreboot

Re: [coreboot] G505s with Coreboot unable to run any version of Qubes

2017-12-30 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Emil, thank you very much for your report. Regarding Qubes 3.2 : at the Qubes HCL list I wrote: "after Qubes R3.2 installation it cant boot - cant reach GRUB Boot Menu because MBR (or GRUB) is corrupted. Use grub2-install to fix it (read more) Everything else is OK " https://groups.google.com/

Re: [coreboot] [flashrom] [announce] flashrom 1.0

2018-01-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2017-12-30 23:49 GMT+03:00 Ivan Ivanov : > Hi Nico, please could you also merge the KB9012 patches by Paul Kocialkowski : > > https://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/4412/ > https://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/4413/ > https://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/4414/

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

2018-01-11 Thread Ivan Ivanov
el specific vulnerability ( cpu_insecure , as reported by Linux kernel ) And... "thanks" to Intel Meltdown, the results are suddenly very favorable for A10-5750M CPU, and for G505S in general Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2018-01-11 8:34 GMT+03:00 [799] via coreboot : > Hello, > > Off-topi

[coreboot] Upgrade the 12 years old LZMA libraries - should we do it?

2018-04-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
be done, or you are OK with using such an outdated version? Best regards, Ivan Ivanov aka qmastery -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

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

2018-04-25 Thread Ivan Ivanov
urity of transaction Best regards, Ivan Ivanov, coreboot BIOS firmware engineer P.S. Although, ideally these new updated microcodes should be committed tokernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git repository --> directory called "amd-ucode" .Currently it contains the following files: microco

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

2018-05-02 Thread Ivan Ivanov
I think, by "The Right Direction" he meant having the open source code instead of FSP-S blobs. 'Why do we have FSP-S' - I have the same question. Why this code must be kept closed, Intel? Open source is always better than closed, and your major competitor - AMD - would not be able to use your sourc

Re: [coreboot] Thread derailment

2018-05-02 Thread Ivan Ivanov
ng from being almost completely open source to the big collection of blobs launching each other. Hopefully this reply would not get me removed... Best regards, Ivan Ivanov 2018-05-01 19:07 GMT+03:00 ron minnich : > We've had to remove people from the list before, and I suppose at some poi

Re: [coreboot] DDR1 K8 boot broken too (was: Re: PC Engines apu2 boot regression)

2018-05-08 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Sadly it turned out that didn't help to Jonathan: I'm skeptical this will address my issue on msi/ms7135, as it's a Socket 754 board that only single-core CPU packages are available for. Nevertheless, I'll give this change a try. Indeed, it does not fix the issue I'm having. 2018-05-06 8:22 GMT

Re: [coreboot] DDR1 K8 boot broken too (was: Re: PC Engines apu2 boot regression)

2018-05-08 Thread Ivan Ivanov
ehind last October. Once they are all removed from master, fixing those "*.c" includes and CAR migration can bring your board back... 2018-05-08 11:37 GMT+03:00 Ivan Ivanov : > Sadly it turned out that didn't help to Jonathan: > > I'm skeptical this will address my issu

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

2018-05-28 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Maybe it just AMD's microcode versioning got messed up and this is indeed the latest microcode despite its' lower number, but the only way to check it - is to test both microcodes for their degree of vulnerability to the Spectres. It does not make much sense to release an outdated microcode, assumi

Re: [coreboot] UEFI Payload update

2018-09-18 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Slim Bootloader? Thanks, but " We wanted the open source Intel ME / FSP firmwares, and all we got is this lousy byproduct of Not-Invented-Here syndrome " /thread вт, 18 сент. 2018 г. в 5:18, You, Benjamin : > > Hi, > > A staging project "UEFIPayload" has been started to upgrade the Coreboot*Pkgs >

[coreboot] Lenovo G505S - spkmodem console sound, is correct? Please listen and tell

2018-09-26 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Good day! We are debugging a custom config of G505S coreboot which currently can't boot beyond SeaBIOS to any Linux: kernel gets stuck at the early booting stages regardless of its' parameters. So we can't access cbmem console, and are exploring the alternative console output options. One of them i

[coreboot] USB 2.0 EHCI debug dongle doesn't print logs (at Lenovo G505S)

2018-09-28 Thread Ivan Ivanov
ok at my coreboot .config and cbmem logs, what if this FT232H dongle doesn't get selected as console output for some reason? CONFIG_CONSOLE_CBMEM is still enabled, but maybe I should disable it? Best regards, Ivan Ivanov dongle_coreboot.memmap Description: Binary data coreboot-4.8-1577-ge072

Re: [coreboot] USB 2.0 EHCI debug dongle doesn't print logs (at Lenovo G505S)

2018-09-30 Thread Ivan Ivanov
STAGE 2018-09-30 14:23 GMT+03:00, Nico Huber : > Hi Ivan, > > On 9/28/18 11:50 PM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: >> Thank you for spkmodem comments, now I'm trying out a more reliable >> way - FT232H dongle - to extract the logs from AMD Lenovo G505S. I >> plug it into the cor

[coreboot] Re: [Events] Talk about coreboot on POWER + vBeer online party!

2021-02-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
seems there's just a few hours before the first event! will try to join you today пн, 1 февр. 2021 г. в 22:38, Mike Banon : > > Dear friends, > > Next Thursday __4th Feb at 3PM GMT__ , 3mdeb invites you to talk about > the POWER9 support in coreboot opensource BIOS - > https://meet.google.com/xsy-

[coreboot] Re: DIP8 flash programming for development

2021-11-28 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi friends, if you are serious about CH341A - get a version with a green PCB board, it's more likely to give you 3.3V (instead of the erroneous 5V which the bugged version of black CH341A could be giving). And just in case, verify the output pins with a multimeter, to see it's really a 3.3V... Also

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

2021-11-30 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Personally I don't see any reason for branching, if 99% of the rest of coreboot code (payloads etc.) is compatible. This will only get us outdated for these components on this branch, which otherwise could (and should) be kept simultaneously up-to-date to get the latest goodies. So, just make two f

[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

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

2021-12-01 Thread Ivan Ivanov
obs. But they can't speak for the community of opensource hobbyists all over the world, people like you and me. And pleasing the corporations by easing their "burden" - while dropping the "older platforms" which are more worthy - doesn't seem wise, at least to me... ср

[coreboot] Re: Sublime Text Syntax Highlighting

2021-12-18 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Unfortunately it seems that Sublime Text isn't opensource, - and there are so many open source text editors out there, why focus on Sublime... вт, 14 дек. 2021 г. в 20:18, Raul Rangel via coreboot : > > Hey all, > If you use Sublime Text, I wanted to point out the [Coreboot > Syntax](https://packa

[coreboot] Re: Oled switch chipset support

2022-03-09 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Wow, I didn't know there's a coreboot for Nintendo! Why you guys didn't even try to commit this source code to the official coreboot repository? Please, could you share a link to the "coreboot for nintendo" forked repository, as well as let us know what chipset this Mariko is using? This will help

[coreboot] Re: Refactoring duplicate Embedded Controller code

2022-04-08 Thread Ivan Ivanov
If this could help you, coreboot-supported Lenovo G505S also has EC KB9012 чт, 7 апр. 2022 г. в 06:44, Abel Briggs : > > Hello, > > I was looking at the code and ACPI for a number of different embedded > controllers while adding support for a Lenovo mainboard. > The mainboard in question has an EC

[coreboot] Fwd: Refactoring duplicate Embedded Controller code

2022-04-13 Thread Ivan Ivanov
E530), since otherwise > the S230U would be the only user of that code. > > -- > *From:* Ivan Ivanov > *Sent:* Friday, April 8, 2022, 4:38 AM > *To:* Abel Briggs > *Cc:* coreboot@coreboot.org > *Subject:* Re: [coreboot] Refactoring duplicate Embedded Controller cod

[coreboot] AMD Lenovo G505S : default screen when using a MiniPCIe-to-PCIe discrete GPU ?

2022-07-20 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Good day! My friend - also a G505S coreboot'er! - is using the "G505S discrete GPU" not-merged-yet patch series from https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/58745 , which successfully get a G505S discrete GPU working (). However, trying to get a better GPU performance, he's connected an external d

[coreboot] Re: Coreboot - Intel NUC

2023-03-09 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Sell this hardware with a crappy Intel BIOS, and use this money to buy a coreboot-supported hardware - preferably, AMD-based. Problem solved! вт, 7 мар. 2023 г. в 21:59, Sandro : > > Hello, > > I am contacting you to ask for your opinion. > > Weeks ago I bought an Intel NUC 11 N5105 (BNUC11ATKC400

[coreboot] Recent commit c202be7 ( payloads/external/LinuxBoot: Clean up ) breaks " make clean "

2023-07-24 Thread Ivan Ivanov
in some script Best regards, Ivan Ivanov ___ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org

[coreboot] Re: regarding virtualization support in coreboot

2023-07-25 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi there, Ritul! > Does coreboot support virtualization features like SVM, AMD SEV, hard level > virtualization SR-IOV? It depends on a particular board. I.e. before the (unjust IMHO) removal of G505S laptop from coreboot, it had a full support of IOMMU and other advanced low-level virtualizatio

[coreboot] Re: sources about coreboot devicetree

2023-07-25 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi! What is the purpose of your research? Are you trying to install coreboot to any platform that you own, or that's a purely "academical" interest from your side? чт, 13 июл. 2023 г. в 16:51, bejjeh315--- via coreboot : > > Hi > I want to fully understand the structure of coreboot devicetree and

Re: [coreboot] uefi rootkit (lojax)

2018-11-20 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Thank you for the info! However we are not affected thanks to coreboot's default payload being SeaBIOS. If anything, these "uefi rootkit" news could be used to promote the coreboot(+SeaBIOS) project to wider audiences Ivan > > hi all! :) > > ive just found this, and thought that it can be valuabl

Re: [coreboot] uefi rootkit (lojax)

2018-11-20 Thread Ivan Ivanov
rs are really running UEFI payload, thanks to your customized coreboot builds where you are using it (learned about your work after a quick search) P.S. sorry it seems I bumped an old thread and now I feel guilty Ivan вт, 20 нояб. 2018 г. в 18:07, Matt DeVillier : > > On Tue, No

Re: [coreboot] Asus Chromebox Panther: no HW RNG?

2018-11-28 Thread Ivan Ivanov
comparison page - https://web.archive.org/web/20180812092012/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_hardware_random_number_generators - You can check it to find the best price/performance USB TRNG dongle which is also open hardware Best regards, Ivan Ivanov вт, 27 нояб. 2018 г. в 22:50, Grant

[coreboot] coreboot is under attack? many access problems recently, need to check that sources haven't been tampered

2018-12-31 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Had a lot of access problems recently, both to coreboot website and its' repositories. Was it a DDoS attack? How to make sure that the sources at review coreboot repository haven't been modified during this event? Best regards, Ivan ___ coreboot mailing

[coreboot] Re: coreboot is under attack? many access problems recently, need to check that sources haven't been tampered

2018-12-31 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hailfinger : > > On 31.12.2018 12:34, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > Had a lot of access problems recently, both to coreboot website and > > its' repositories. Was it a DDoS attack? How to make sure that the > > sources at review coreboot repository haven't been modified during >

[coreboot] Re: Update on Asus KGPE-D16 with coreboot 4.6 and Qubes 4

2018-12-31 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Pete, what if this "Intel Optane problem" is not Qubes specific and it's just this SSD (?) is faulty. Do you have any warranty left to RMA and try a different Optane, or even better - take a completely different SSD to avoid supporting Intel corporation with your money, funding the next generati

[coreboot] Re: coreboot is under attack? many access problems recently, need to check that sources haven't been tampered

2018-12-31 Thread Ivan Ivanov
018 г. в 19:56, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger : > > Dear Ivan, > > Patrick Georgi did all the work, he deserves all the thanks. > > Best regards, > Carl-Daniel > > On 31.12.2018 17:48, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > Dear Carl-Daniel, thank you very much for your assuring reply, and for

[coreboot] Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed

2019-01-03 Thread Ivan Ivanov
I can't say about those AM3 boards but my coreboot'ed AMD Lenovo G505S is working fine with 16GB DDR3 installed. Maybe you could check if they have a similar CPU architecture (G505S A10-5750M is Richland) and also check the similarity of their FCH aka "southbridges" (G505S has Bolton M3), while wai

[coreboot] Re: Configuration for Thinkpad T530

2019-01-14 Thread Ivan Ivanov
tldr :P ...just kidding friend ;) here are some replies > 3.19 [*] Add gigabit ethernet firmware > # If I read correctly I need that for internet connection and this bianry > has just some configuration in it and no excecutable? That means your Ethernet controller needs a closed source propri

[coreboot] Re: Configuration for Thinkpad T530

2019-01-19 Thread Ivan Ivanov
> I'm not sure if such a card exists. There are WiFi cards with free > OS drivers (e.g. ath9k), but I would expect them to run some sort of > firmware, too according to wikipedia this ath9k family of WiFi controllers have both drivers and firmware as opensource. About USB controller, I didn't add

[coreboot] Re: Configuration for Thinkpad T530

2019-01-19 Thread Ivan Ivanov
> > The xHCI controller firmware and the Lenovo g505s you mention are > AMD-specific stuff, which does not apply to the Intel chipset on the Thinkpad > T530 (it should work out-of-the-box). > Hi Angel, I completely agree with you and of course understand that g505s info is not appropriate for t5

[coreboot] Re: Coreboot doesn't POST on ASUS KCMA-D8

2019-01-22 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Sean, libreboot is always behind coreboot regarding the commits, so RAM compatibility could vary because of some breaking commit that happened after the latest libreboot release but before the latest coreboot. So of course it would break at the next libreboot release as well. You could prevent t

[coreboot] Re: Testing modernizing patches on ASUS KGPE-D16. (was Re: Asus KGPE-D16 with latest coreboot errors with Unsupported Hardware on Qubes 4 install missing IOMMU?)

2019-01-22 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Sorry for a late reply, but have you tried repairing/replacing the chips (capacitors?) on the bottom of your G34 cpu? чт, 20 дек. 2018 г. в 00:29, taii...@gmx.com : > > On 12/18/2018 01:56 PM, Daniel Kulesz via coreboot wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > is there a branch that has all the outstanding KG

[coreboot] Re: Configuration for Thinkpad T530

2019-01-23 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Please don't forget to CC the coreboot mailing list. You could determine the chip's layout by looking on it: it has a dot near CS pin. As for cable/clip and programmer, check "Flashing BIOS chip with Bus Pirate" article at dangerous prototypes forums: it has a good review of SOIC8 test clips and al

[coreboot] Re: Upgrade the 12 years old LZMA libraries - should we do it?

2019-01-24 Thread Ivan Ivanov
changes, maybe because they're not big enough, this such a huge speed increase alone should be a good reason to upgrade these LZMA libraries. ср, 4 апр. 2018 г. в 11:19, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger : > > Hi Ivan, > > On 03.04.2018 20:03, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > I have noticed that bo

[coreboot] Affordable SOIC8 SMT sockets for BIOS chips (15pcs / 36E + cheeap shipping)

2019-02-02 Thread Ivan Ivanov
if you would contact them - type "SOK-SPI-16W" at their search field if you are interested. And to find SOIC8, write "SOK-SPI-8W". These sockets could be very useful for routers or laptop motherboards, although you need a steady hand or ask professional to install them for you.

[coreboot] Re: SecureBoot Keys

2019-02-08 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Secureboot stuff is horrible abomination and is not needed at coreboot. If you need Secureboot you could use countless of proprietary UEFI boards. Please take a look at coreboot's vboot - it is verified boot for better security! пт, 8 февр. 2019 г. в 12:16, galla rao : > > Hi All, > > Good Morning

[coreboot] Re: AMDFlaws

2019-02-09 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Shawn, thank you for the message! Luckily almost all the coreboot-supported AMD boards don't contain the PSP inside their CPUs - maybe because PSP got added to AMD much later than ME got added to Intel. Only a few AMD boards, starting with "late 16h" architecture (early 16h is fine) have the PSP

[coreboot] Re: Random System Freezes

2019-02-14 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Hi Nekoboi, the Intel-based X220 and AMD-based F2a85m are very different, so I suspect your freezing problem to be directly related to Debian. Switch your distro to something better, Debian really went downhill in the recent years. Maybe something like Void Linux or Artix? Or just MX Linux if you w

[coreboot] Re: VBIOS/VBT in Coreboot

2019-02-20 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Sorry if that's off-topic, but by using a Tianocore payload you could be exposing yourself to the new UEFI-targeting NSA-grade malware. Of course the coreboot is more secure when paired with more traditional payloads. But I don't know about your setup, maybe the security is not your primary concern

[coreboot] Re: VBIOS/VBT in Coreboot

2019-02-20 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Tianocore, being a standard UEFI, is vulnerable to UEFI-targeting malware whose functionality is based on UEFI architecture. "Traditional" payloads are not UEFI - and therefore are not vulnerable to UEFI-targeting malware. It does not take a genius to realize that. _

[coreboot] Re: Microcode in ROM is not loaded with X60s

2019-02-25 Thread Ivan Ivanov
While suggesting the instructions above I am assuming that you have already made sure that your coreboot has indeed checked out the 3rdparty/blobs repository where the blobs are residing. If not, please check the output of ls -al ./path_to_your_coreboot/3rdparty/blobs Best regards, Ivan Ivanov

[coreboot] G505S - slightly different Voltages at integrated HD 8650G iGPU AtomBIOS ?

2019-02-27 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Interesting discovery about the AtomBIOS files at " g505s-atombios " repository - https://github.com/g505s-opensource-researcher/g505s-atombios : While there was the same "clean" proprietary UEFI image flashed both to "G505S with HD 8570M" and to "G505S with R5 M230" before the AtomBIOS extraction

[coreboot] Re: Bios problem. Will not boot

2019-04-14 Thread Ivan Ivanov
I think you'll need to reinstall your Windows in any case, especially if you've installed it using another PC. This is not a coreboot problem, more like a Windows problem, and going back from glorious opensource coreboot to heretical proprietary UEFI won't fix the things ;-) Also, you haven't even

[coreboot] Re: Bios problem. Will not boot

2019-04-15 Thread Ivan Ivanov
aying that just because the new hdd has windows, its not booting >>> on it? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Enkelena >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019, 2:02 PM Ivan Ivanov wrote: >>>> >>>> I think you'll need to reinstall your

[coreboot] Re: Bios problem. Will not boot

2019-04-16 Thread Ivan Ivanov
an. I will deffinately try this. > > Best, > Enkelena > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 2:24 PM Ivan Ivanov wrote: >> >> Enkelena , If I am understanding it correctly, you have installed >> Windows on this new HDD using another computer with another >> motherboard. Wind

[coreboot] Re: New Intel microcode release for migiating ZOMBIELOAD FALLOUT AND OTHERS

2019-05-15 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Funny vuln names! Luckily AMD (as usual?) is not affected... As someone wrote at the forums, a hidden price for Intel higher performance is a holey pants, just for 120 fps in games instead of 110 :P Neglecting security for the purpose of performing slightly better by skipping various checks inside

[coreboot] Re: Are AMD CPUs as researched as Intel ones (was Re: New Intel microcode release for migiating ZOMBIELOAD FALLOUT AND OTHERS)

2019-05-15 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Intel-specific. Judging by the lack of other findings, I believe that AMD is more secure - perhaps because they haven't used such a "speedhacks"... ср, 15 мая 2019 г. в 18:23, Nico Huber : > > Hi Ivan, > > On 15.05.19 17:11, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > Funny vuln names! Luckily

[coreboot] Re: Are AMD CPUs as researched as Intel ones (was Re: New Intel microcode release for migiating ZOMBIELOAD FALLOUT AND OTHERS)

2019-05-15 Thread Ivan Ivanov
t affected. ср, 15 мая 2019 г. в 18:50, Nico Huber : > > On 15.05.19 17:37, Ivan Ivanov wrote: > > Hi Nico, when someone finds a vulnerability at Intel, people do a good > > digging for a similar vulnerability at AMD. > > I don't doubt it. But did somebody try to find AMD

[coreboot] G505S (coreboot AMD no-PSP laptop) being sold for a good price, 40 mins left

2019-10-04 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Mike found a good condition G505S with top A10-5750M CPU preinstalled, being sold for a good price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LENOVO-G505S-LAPTOP-WINDOWS-10-AMD-A10-WEBCAM-4GB-500GB-15-6-HDMI-GRADE-C-14414/264479816991 Initially we wanted to share this link with our friend, but sadly he is not onl

[coreboot] Quick Boot: A Guide for Embedded Firmware Developers, 2nd Edition

2020-04-11 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Finally we found this great rare book after many hours of searching, and would like to share it with you friends. Hope you would find it interesting. Enjoy! https://github.com/informer2016/Quick_Boot-_A_Guide_for_Embedded_Firmware_Developers-_2nd_Edition Wish you all the best, and thank you so mu

[coreboot] Re: Some problems with graphic display when using coreboot + seabios.

2020-04-19 Thread Ivan Ivanov
> > Personally, given that it's 2020, I'd not bother with legacy-installed > OSes (or SeaBIOS) outside of use with emulation or if a special use > case demands it. Esp given that it's easy enough to migrate Windows > from legacy to UEFI. > UEFI is such an abomination that using SeaBIOS may be the

[coreboot] Re: Support for enterprise class server hardware?

2020-09-16 Thread Ivan Ivanov
There are also ASUS KGPE-D16 server with two AMD Opterons (up to 16 core each) and up to 192 GB RAM - it also doesn't have Intel ME or AMD PSP. Although it has been dropped from coreboot, so you'll have to install a slightly older version of it ср, 9 сент. 2020 г. в 19:55, Rocky Phagura via corebo

[coreboot] Some notes about NBFreq / MemFreq on amd (pre-ryzen)

2020-10-07 Thread Ivan Ivanov
Relative ratio between the NorthBridge Frequency :and: Memory Frequency - has to be 1.25 : 1 or bigger for proper operation. NBFreq can be lowered to allow more OC (overclocking) margin for the memory, or higher to boost the memory performance. When XMP mode enabled - the CPU ratio, BCLK freq and m

[coreboot] Re: [flashrom] Re: Operating Systems for coreboot/flashrom/etc?

2020-10-12 Thread Ivan Ivanov
You need to 1) get a .bin file somewhere (BIOS ROM) - either from the owner that has the same laptop, or from your laptop's company. 2) get a test clip like SOIC8 , to attach to a BIOS chip without soldering and flash it пн, 12 окт. 2020 г. в 09:15, Miraz Shuvra : > > Hello sir , > > I need a litt