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% Canoeboot 20231101 released!
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% Leah Rowe in GNU Leah Mode™
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% 1 November 2023
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Introduction
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============
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*This* new release, Canoeboot 20231101, released today 1 November 2023, is
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extreme cleanup / grandiose gesture
make canoeboot a truly GNU FSDG compliant coreboot distro,
by removing all overly positive reference to Libreboot;
what remains is technical in nature, so as to provide
historical context since Canoeboot is a fork of Libreboot.
I've stated before that I wish to take a more neutral tone
toward the FSF, in contrast to the *coldboot war* of 2023
when GNU Boot started.
Canoeboot was heavily linking to Libreboot, even going so far
as to call itself "inferior" and tell the reader to use
Libreboot.
From now on, Canoeboot will be maintained as though I actually
believed in FSF propoganda. I don't, but its users do. Treat
them with respect. My reason for providing Canoeboot is
precisely that I wish for such people to have a high quality
coreboot distro, much unlike the inferior *GNU Boot* project;
inferior because to this day, it's still based on very old
Libreboot, with not much changed (of any real substance)
relative to the Libreboot 20220710 release on which it forked.
In general, I've also found a lot of stragglers from when
Canoeboot started, where paragraphs referred to Libreboot that
should have actually referred to Canoeboot, or paragraphs
with Libreboot-specific information that does not make sense
in the Canoeboot project e.g. references to vendor scripts.
The resulting canoeboot.org will now look no different to any
typical reader than a typical FSF-aligned project.
There is a next stage to this, which will become apparent to
everyone if I have my way.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
2024-05-10 02:12:44 +00:00
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based on the Libreboot 20231101 release, porting changes in it on top of
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[Canoeboot 20231026](canoeboot20231026.md) as a base. The previous
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release was Canoeboot 20231026, released on 26 October 2023.
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Canoeboot provides boot firmware for supported x86/ARM machines, starting a
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bootloader that then loads your operating system. It replaces proprietary
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BIOS/UEFI firmware on x86 machines, and provides an *improved* configuration
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on [ARM-based chromebooks](../docs/install/chromebooks.html) supported
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(U-Boot bootloader, instead of Google's depthcharge bootloader). On x86
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machines, the GRUB and SeaBIOS coreboot
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payloads are officially supported, provided in varying configurations per
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machine. It provides an [automated build system](../docs/maintain/) for the
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[configuration](../docs/build/) and [installation](../docs/install/) of coreboot
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ROM images, making coreboot easier to use for non-technical people. You can find
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the [list of supported hardware](../docs/hardware/) in Canoeboot documentation.
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Canoeboot's main benefit is *higher boot speed*,
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[better](../docs/gnulinux/encryption.md)
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[security](../docs/gnulinux/grub_hardening.md) and more
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customisation options compared to most proprietary firmware. As a
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[libre](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn) software project, the code can be
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audited, and coreboot does
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regularly audit code. The other main benefit is [*freedom* to study, adapt and
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share the code](https://writefreesoftware.org/), a freedom denied by most boot
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firmware, but not Canoeboot! Booting Linux/BSD is also [well](../docs/gnulinux/)
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[supported](../docs/bsd/).
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Canoeboot is maintained in parallel with Libreboot, and by the same developer,
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Leah Rowe, who maintains both projects; Canoeboot implements the [GNU Free
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System Distribution Guideline](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html)
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extreme cleanup / grandiose gesture
make canoeboot a truly GNU FSDG compliant coreboot distro,
by removing all overly positive reference to Libreboot;
what remains is technical in nature, so as to provide
historical context since Canoeboot is a fork of Libreboot.
I've stated before that I wish to take a more neutral tone
toward the FSF, in contrast to the *coldboot war* of 2023
when GNU Boot started.
Canoeboot was heavily linking to Libreboot, even going so far
as to call itself "inferior" and tell the reader to use
Libreboot.
From now on, Canoeboot will be maintained as though I actually
believed in FSF propoganda. I don't, but its users do. Treat
them with respect. My reason for providing Canoeboot is
precisely that I wish for such people to have a high quality
coreboot distro, much unlike the inferior *GNU Boot* project;
inferior because to this day, it's still based on very old
Libreboot, with not much changed (of any real substance)
relative to the Libreboot 20220710 release on which it forked.
In general, I've also found a lot of stragglers from when
Canoeboot started, where paragraphs referred to Libreboot that
should have actually referred to Canoeboot, or paragraphs
with Libreboot-specific information that does not make sense
in the Canoeboot project e.g. references to vendor scripts.
The resulting canoeboot.org will now look no different to any
typical reader than a typical FSF-aligned project.
There is a next stage to this, which will become apparent to
everyone if I have my way.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
2024-05-10 02:12:44 +00:00
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as policy, ensuring that everything in the boot flash is entirely *free software*.
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Work done since last release
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============================
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This changelog is based on the Libreboot 20231101 changelog; changes from
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Libreboot 20231101 that are suitable for Canoeboot have been included in
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this release, and so, this changelog has been modified (based on the
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Libreboot one):
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Coreboot, GRUB, U-Boot and SeaBIOS revisions
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------------------------------------
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Canoeboot 20231026 and 20231101 are both based on these revisions:
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* Coreboot (default): commit ID `d862695f5f432b5c78dada5f16c293a4c3f9fce6`, 12 October 2023
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* Coreboot (fam15h\_udimm): commit ID `1c13f8d85c7306213cd525308ee8973e5663a3f8`, 16 June 2021
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* GRUB: commit ID `e58b870ff926415e23fc386af41ff81b2f588763`, 3 October 2023
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* SeaBIOS: commit ID `1e1da7a963007d03a4e0e9a9e0ff17990bb1608d`, 24 August 2023
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* U-Boot: commit ID `4459ed60cb1e0562bc5b40405e2b4b9bbf766d57`, 2 October 2023
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However, Canoeboot 20231101 has added several new patches on top of several
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of these, that fix certain bugs or improve certain functionalities. More
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information is available elsewhere in this page.
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Build system tweaks
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These changes were made:
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* i945 bootblock copy: during ROM building, the bootblock must be copied from
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the main 64KB block, to the backup block, for use with `bucts`, but this
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wasn't done in the last release; this regression has now been fixed.
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* Re-add SeaGRUB support - enabled on Dell Latitude E6400.
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* Export `LC_COLLATE` and `LC_ALL`, setting it to `C`, to ensure
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consistent sorting; the Canoeboot build system heavily relies on sorting
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by alphanumerical order with numbers and capital letters first, e.g. when
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applying patches.
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* GRUB config: Re-wrote the text on some entries to make them easier to
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understand for novice users.
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* GRUB: Don't spew the "Unknown key" message on unknown/invalid key presses -
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otherwise, a faulty keyboard with stuck keys will make the message spew
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repeatedly, making GRUB unusable.
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* Revert a heapsize patch in coreboot that broke S3 suspend/resume in some
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boards - if you do have issues, please send a bug report.
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* Dell Latitude E6400: fixed keyboard initialisation in GRUB. GRUB
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was using scancode set 2 without translation. The EC on Dell Latitude E6400
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allows to set the scancodes and reports back what you set, but only ever
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actually uses scancode set 1 (XT) - so, the fix makes GRUB always use set 2
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with translation (treated as 1). This is the same behaviour used in SeaBIOS.
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This fixes the machine in GRUB, and doesn't break other boards as per testing.
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* Fix coldboot on Dell Latitude E6400, courtesy of a patch by Angel Pons (IRC
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inick `hell` on coreboot IRC) - previously, this machine booted unreliably,
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though reboot was fine. Angel wrote a patch for another board, that also
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works on the E6400 quite nicely.
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* QEMU ARM64: video console now enabled in U-Boot (courtesy Alper Nebi Yasak)
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* Dependencies scripts: updated a few of them, for newer versions of distros.
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This is only about 1 week's worth of changes; this Canoeboot release is
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largely a bugfix release.
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Hardware supported in this release
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==================================
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All of the following are believed to *boot*, but if you have any issues,
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please contact the Canoeboot project. They are:
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### Servers (AMD, x86)
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- [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](../docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md)
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- [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kgpe-d16.md)
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Desktops (AMD, Intel, x86)
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-----------------------
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- [Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard](../docs/hardware/ga-g41m-es2l.md)
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- [Acer G43T-AM3](../docs/hardware/acer_g43t-am3.md)
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- [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](../docs/hardware/d510mo.md)
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- [Apple iMac 5,2](../docs/hardware/imac52.md)
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- [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kcma-d8.md)
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- [Intel D945GCLF](../docs/hardware/d945gclf.md)
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### Laptops (Intel, x86)
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- **[Dell Latitude E6400](../docs/hardware/e6400.md) (easy to flash, no disassembly, similar
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hardware to X200/T400)**
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- ThinkPad X60 / X60S / X60 Tablet
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- ThinkPad T60 (with Intel GPU)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 Tablet](../docs/hardware/x200.md)
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- Lenovo ThinkPad X301
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R400](../docs/hardware/r400.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S](../docs/hardware/t400.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad W500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R500](../docs/hardware/r500.md)
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- [Apple MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1](../docs/hardware/macbook21.md)
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### Laptops (ARM, with U-Boot payload)
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- [ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 (gru-bob)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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- [Samsung Chromebook Plus (v1) (gru-kevin)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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Downloads
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=========
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You can find this release on the downloads page. At the time of this
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announcement, some of the rsync mirrors may not have it yet, so please check
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another one if your favourite one doesn't have it.
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Post-release errata
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The following binary blobs were overlooked, and are still present in the
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release archive for Canoeboot 20231101 and 20231026; this mistake was
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corrected, in the [Canoeboot 20231103 release](canoeboot20231103.md), so you
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should use that if you don't want these files. They are, thus:
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* `src/coreboot/default/3rdparty/stm/Test/FrmPkg/Core/Init/Dmar.h`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_rdimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_1gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_rdimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_2gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_udimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_1gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_udimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_2gb.absf`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_err.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gap.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gatt.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gattc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gatts.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_hci.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_l2cap.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_ranges.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_types.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error_sdm.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error_soc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_nvic.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_sdm.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_soc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf52/nrf_mbr.h`
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Thanks go to Craig Topham, who is the Copyright and Licensing Associate at the
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Free Software Foundation; you can find his entry on the [FSF staff
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page](https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board). Craig is the one who reported
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these.
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The Canoeboot 20231026 and 20231101 release tarballs will not be altered, but
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errata has now been added to the announcement pages for those releases, to let
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people know of the above issue.
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You are advised, therefore, to use the [Canoeboot 20231103
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release](canoeboot20231103.md).
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Update on 12 November 2023:
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This file was also overlooked, and is still present in the release tarball:
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* `src/vendorcode/amd/agesa/f12/Proc/GNB/Nb/Family/LN/F12NbSmuFirmware.h`
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This has now been removed, in the Canoeboot git repository (`cbmk.git`), and
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this file will absent, in the next release after Canoeboot 20231107. Thanks go
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to Denis Carikli who reported this. The patch to fix it is here:
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<https://codeberg.org/canoeboot/cbmk/commit/70d0dbec733c5552f8cd6fb711809935c8f3d2f3>
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