it's sometimes done unconditionally. this change
ensures that it is not repeated needlessly.
i observed otherwise that cbfstool would be
re-built from time to time, even if it was built.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Riku's mSATA patch for HP8300USDT was merged upstream, so the
patch has been dropped from lbmk because it is contained within
this new coreboot revision.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
coreboot closely matches upstream, whose current release
is version 1.2 from 2018, and coreboot has not changed it
in any meaningful way.
the upstream did add patches since, but they are documentation
patches only.
this means: we do not need to use the upstream version
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
also rename elf/coreboot to something scary
some users were flashing roms built under elf/, which
lack payloads. lbmk builds no-payload roms (and payloads)
under elf/ then inserts them, creating full (flashable)
images under bin/
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
some users reported build errors. technically, there's
nothing wrong with lbmk but it relies on hostcc, and
hostcc is hit or miss when it comes to cross compiling
32-bit, depending on the build system of whatever project.
lbmk needs to handle cross compilation. for now, i'm just
disabling memtest86plus on non-64-bit hosts.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The logic has been re-written, where source archives are
concerned. This clones the current repository, and starts
a new build from scratch. A custom release directory is
possible, by passing -d
This eliminates a step during build-testing, saving hours
of time, because it builds the release archive *inside* the
release archive, with git files removed, thus replicating
the same setup that the user would have.
This also makes everything a bit more consistent, because
it's guaranteed that a release archive will always have
the same files; previously, the release build script would
only copy what was already built, without building anything.
Now, this script builds everything itself.
The script also builds serprog images, not just coreboot.
Usage:
./update project release
If -d is not passed, release/ is used inside lbmk.
Otherwise, you could do:
./update project release -d /path/to/directory
If the directory exists, this script will exit (error).
Other minor fixes: build/fw/coreboot: make version in
coreboot-version (file) not contain hyphens, to work
around a quirk in coreboot's build system when not building
on regular libreboot releases. this quirk only appears
when lbmk is not being compiled under git.
The other main benefit of this change is that the new
script will probably require a lot less maintenance.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the script used to be called once per target, now it
handles every target. the grub background image wasn't
being set, so if it changed at build time, it would
stay changed.
keep the default in place for each run, while still
allowing target.cfg files to change it per target.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Just one script.
Just one!
Well, two, but the 2nd one already existed:
logic in update/project/trees and
update/project/repo was merged into
include/git.sh and update/project/build
was renamed to update/project/trees; an -f
option was added, which calls the functions
under git.sh
so git clones are now handled by the main build
script (for handling makefiles and defconfigs)
but the logic there is a stub, where git.sh
does all the actual heavy lifting
this cuts the file count down by two, and reduces
sloccount a reasonable amount because much of
the logic already exists in the build script, when
it comes to handling targets. git.sh was adjusted
to integrate with this, rather than act standalone
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
otherwise, if src/grub/ was already compiled, this
would not print anything on the screen. however, the
files will have been created under elf/grub
this message just makes lbmk a bit more user friendly
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The benefit now is that it can be cleaned. E.g.
./update project build -b coreboot utils
./update project build -b coreboot utils default
./update project build -c coreboot utils
./update project build -c coreboot utils default
the update/project/build script checks when arguments
are provided after the project name. if the first one
is "utils", then it acts in the same way as the old
build/coreboot/util script
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
it's buggy. "./build fw coreboot" was made to work,
but it caused lots of unknown issues when mixing other
args
the old way wasn't broken. now, once again, you must
pass the "all" argument. e.g.:
./build fw coreboot all
Also, the confirmation messages at the end are a bit
clearer, when listing which ROM images were compiled.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
in the future, we may start downloading files that aren't
blobs, such as mxm port configs (on mainboards that use
MXM graphics)
this directory will contain all of those files
generally change the language used, across lbmk, to make
use of "vendorfile" instead of "blob"
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
during the switch to src/ for all downloads, i
overlooked that the path check was hardcoded.
now the check for this binary is corrected.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
build/release/src was partly re-written to accomodate this
memtest86plus was patched to have a central Makefile, and
lbmk modified to use that, rather than mess with build32
and build64. the central Makefile just builds both targets
or cleans both targets
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
return with error status if no images were compiled
if a rom image fails to compile, then it will also
exit with error status, but sometimes you can pass
argument "cros" or "default", and it would not give
you rom images due to no target.cfg files, but these
are also ignored because of that.
this restores the same behaviour that existed before,
for this final error check.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
for the first time ever, this is a single script.
with recent simplifications in how variables are
handled, and techniques i've developed during
auditing, it's now feasible design-wise for this
to be a single script, without a helper script.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Previously, this script only checked for "Makefile",
but "makefile" is another valid name; additionally, if
GNU Make is used, "GNUmakefile" is an accepted default.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
There is no reason to err if no Makefile exists.
Just exit with zero status. This makes the following
command work:
./handle make file -c util/*
Within util/, there is me7 update parser which does
not have a makefile (it's a python script).
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The previous patch to the file was correct, except for
off by one at the end, resulting in no argument being
passed for project names.
Now the extra commands are run *before* handle_dependencies,
instead of running at the end of main. This prevents error.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
At the end of the function, this script will now
run itself again if there are more arguments. This
enables the following:
./handle make file -c project1 project2 project3
Whereas previously, it could only do this:
./handle make file -c project1
Substitude -b and it's the same.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
some x_ calls are made that aren't needed. this is now
corrected. additionally, some x_ calls were being made
that are quite error-prone, like ones that use $PWD.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the one at the end of main is unnecessary, because
it's handled inside the for loop.
this file isn't used anywhere else, so it's OK.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
as it turns out, i delete "seen" inside the for loop,
which is a more thorough way to do it.
thus, the first rm command is unnecessary.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
slight sloccount reduction. light renaming of
functions between the two scripts, placing more
logic in main() under include/boot.sh
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
errors are not defined for mktemp, and the /tmp file
system should be assumed reliable.
if /tmp is *unreliable*, then this is not something that
lbmk either can or should fix; the user clearly has
bigger problems.
manpages for mktemp do not define errors. it is assumed
to be completely reliable.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Instead of having detailed error messages, run most
commands through a function that calls err() under
fault conditions.
Where detail is still required, err() is still called
manually. Where it isn't, the error message is simply
whatever command was executed to cause the error.
This results in a massive sloccount reduction for lbmk;
specifically, 178 sloc reduction, or a 8.1% reduction.
The total sloccount is now 2022, for shell scripts.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
also: further reduce the number of arguments passed,
to certain functions as and when feasible, in cases
where those are global variables that never change.
the cbfstool argument in mkUbootRom wasn't even used.
that function was only using the global variable, which
again is only set once.
i also shortened a few messages, removed a few errant
line breaks and reduced sloccount by exactly 1 in main()
by re-arranging how the shift command is used.
it's mainly about shortening variable names, to then
reduce the number of line breaks, but it's a surgical
code size reduction in build/boot/roms.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
These are only ever initialised globally, and set once.
Other instances where they are set are only in cases
where they are passed as argument, at the start of
a function, so they are being *needlessly* re-set.
Set them only once and use them globally.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
-k, -p and -d let you set keymap, payload and displaymode
respectively, but the handling for this is buggy when
passing multiple arguments.
Support only one argument, for simplicity. This is how
people use them anyway, and it makes lbmk less buggy.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The *same* main() function is now used on both scripts.
However, merging both scripts together would be less efficient
on sloccount, and would be error-prone. The purpose of having
roms_helper is that the variables get re-initialised the same
way each time, for each board, automatically.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
If one of them doesn't exist, error out.
Previously, a build would start but then it would
error out later on. This implements the mentality:
fail early, fail hard
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
e.g. -k ukqwerty
previously, this would not work:
./build boot roms -k ukqwerty all
only this would work:
./build boot roms all
this patch fixes the bug.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
update/blobs/download and update/project/repo both use
the same logic, for setting variables with awk and a
specially formatted configuration file.
unify this logic under include/option.sh, and use that.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
mkdirs() should be in include/blobutil.sh, as should
extract_archive(), because that is primarily where
they are used.
script/update/blobs/download calls these functions
aswell, but it sources include/blobutil.sh so it's OK.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Don't use only wget. Some systems may only have curl.
The user can always install wget anyway, but why not
support both? I've added the right user agent string.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
They are only ever used by script/update/blobs/*, so
put them all in blobutil.sh. This cuts down on the
number of scripts in lbmk.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
mrc.bin is now handled by include/mrc.sh, adapted
from now-deleted script/update/blobs/mrc
much of the logic has been re-written or adapted for
inside script/update/blobs/download
mrc links/hashes now defined in config/blobs/sources
the new code is simpler (and smaller). in addition,
lbmk can now easily handle mrc.bin files for other
platforms such as broadwell. watch this space.
the full .zip download is now cached, like with other
vendor downloads. this means it won't be re-downloaded
if it was already downloaded before.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
individual functions for downloading each archive have
been removed. instead, eval is used in fetch_update(),
which is now renamed to fetch().
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the called functions directly call err() under fault condition,
so this additional handling is redundant.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
This script is incomplete, buggy and its use is ill advised.
This script can be re-added later, when more work is done.
The download and/or inject script is recommended.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
use the variable names directly, as defined in defconfig.
do not hardcode the if/else chain in detect_firmware, use
eval instead.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
do not update them in project/repos - despite what
the previous commit message says, this behaviour is
error prone and should be avoided.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
With this change, lbmk now also updates submodules on
simple git clones, not just multi-tree clones.
This is OK, because git does not return non-zero status
when git submodule update is ran, where git submodules
are not actually defined.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
This functionality has never been used, except in the
erstwhile osboot project, and even then only experimentally.
It was intended for use with coreboot's gerrit site, but
it became Libreboot project policy that this not be relied
upon, instead preferring to include patches directly within
lbmk. This functionality can be re-added, if necessary.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
also: the grub-mkstandalone command didn't have
a || at the end, even though it did specify an err
call. This has been corrected, so that the command
now defers to err() under fault conditions.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
This results in much cleaner copyright and license declarations.
SPDX headers are legally recognised and make auditing easier.
Also, remove descriptions of each script, from each script.
Libreboot documentation at docs/maintain/ describes them.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
With this change, it's still possible to have a single
file at config/git/revisions, but this has been scrapped.
Instead, multiple files now exist under config/git/ with
the same modules declared, but the files are separated
logically. List of files under config/git:
* bios_extract
* biosutilities
* coreboot
* flashrom
* grub (gnulib also defined here)
* me_cleaner
* memtest86plus
* seabios
* serprog (multiple projects defined)
* u-boot
* uefitool
The rationale behind this change is simple: in the future,
we will stop relying on build systems within imported
projects for the import of git submodules. Instead, we
will handle them directly in lbmk.
Additionally, a Linux payload is planned for Libreboot, made
easier by the recent audit (script handle/make/config makes
it easy to integrate Linux, and handle cross-compilers for
userland utilities); a "linux" file under config/git/ could
also define rules for each project besides linux, such as
musl libc, busybox and other utilities.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
moved cmake files into a separate build directory.
this can just be deleted for the source release.
might as well use cmake for the actual build too.
that makes repeated builds faster for some reason.
Signed-off-by: Riku Viitanen <riku.viitanen@protonmail.com>
flashrom distclean resulted in zero status upon exit,
but did not remove the actual flashrom binary.
our logic was to run distclean and defer to clean;
now, we run clean and *then* run distclean, but we
do not throw an error if distclean fails. (we do
throw one if clean fails)
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the builds were being created within that srcdir,
because build/release/src runs lbmk commands within
it, and one of them is building (re-building) it.
there's no point addressing this, other than rm -Rf
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the main lbmk script already creates these files,
and these files are then copied by build/release/src
so we don't need to re-create them here
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
previously, it was possible that the distclean or
crossgcc-clean modes were being executed on the same
project tree, needlessly. this patch fixes that.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
these commands weren't being run at all, leading
to binaries (such as xgcc) not being removed, and
thus they were present in tested release archives.
this bug did not affect libreboot 20230625. it
appeared during my audit, post-20230625.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
there were a few missing err calls
i actually went through all of lbmk and found no
instances where err calls were missing except in
build/boot/roms_helper
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
if you copy a symlink, you create a whole new file with the
contents of what that symlink points to.
what we need to do instead is re-create the symlinks. this
is relevant for all symlinks to the main lbmk script, from
the main directory of lbmk.git.
this avoids there being multiple copies of the main lbmk
script, in release archives.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
in some cases, messages that should be considered errors
or warnings, were being written to the standard output,
rather than written as error messages.
also: one or two printf statements should specifically
avoid printing errors (to any file); in these cases,
stdout has been redirected to /dev/null
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
these scripts used to be in the main directory of
lbmk, and thus needed to check for root user, and
also git credentials. now they are called by the main
lbmk script, which also runs the same checks.
avoid waste of resources by not running the same
check twice.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
on e6400_4mb, the release build scripts remove nvidia's vga
rom which is used on dgpu models. however, microcode is also
removed in separately copied rom images
the inject script was inserting vgaroms directly into these
no-microcode roms, but the microcode blob is bigger than the
vga rom, and cbfstool inserts into the first available free
spot within cbfs, so it was inserting into the spot where
cpu microcode went. this caused the rom checksum to not match
what was generated during build/release/roms being executed
the only real fix is to guarantee offsets within cbfs for all
files, by recording what offsets were used and then calculating
that during insertion
so this patch is a workaround, but fixes the issue. the workaround
is: don't insert blobs directly on no-microcode roms, instead
insert only on microcode-based roms, then re-copy those roms
and remove microcode in aptly named copies
it's a bit more convoluted, but works perfectly fine.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
sha-1 has known collision issues, which may not be readily
exploitable yet (in our context), but we should ideally use
a more secure method for checking file integrity.
therefore, use sha-2 (sha512sum) for checking files. this is
slower than sha-1, but checksum verification is only a minor
part of what lbmk does, so the overall effect on build times
is quite negligible.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Tested on a Nucleo-F042K6.
That has an onboard stlink:
`st-flash --format ihex write bin/serprog_stm32/serprog_nucleo-f042k6.hex`
The usb port used for flashing is separate, its is exposed on
the pin header instead. Check boards/nucleo-f042k6.h for usb pinout.
Signed-off-by: Riku Viitanen <riku.viitanen@protonmail.com>
where it is set to "both" (grub_scan_disk), inserting
scan.cfg is superfluous, because grub.cfg defaults to
both anyway, unless otherwise specified by scan.cfg,
and only if that file exists within cbfs.
thus, save a bit of build time (only a slight saving)
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
target.cfg can now specify e.g.
grub_timeout=20
this would then be inserted as timeout.cfg in cbfs,
containing the instruction:
set timeout=20
HP laptops need a bit of extra time, due to the delay
caused by the EC bug workaround deployed in GRUB
desktops in general need extra time. this too is set to
10s, like the HP laptops.
only insert timeout.cfg if actually needed (declared in
target.cfg), otherwise grub.cfg will default to 5s
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
My previous patch b0rked memtest and others because when making sure
their parent directory (the project root) exists, it would instead create
the project directory (memtest86lus). The later move would then put the
git repo inside that (memtest86plus/memtest86plus_123456).
We just need to make sure we don't create the target directory itself.
This way, there's no need to hardcode any project names.
Tested by ./updating rpi-pico-serprog, memtest86plus, grub and seabios.
Signed-off-by: Riku Viitanen <riku.viitanen@protonmail.com>
we are copying large numbers of ROM images, and the
host system may have /tmp under a tmpfs; that same
host system may or may not have a lot of memory.
respect the user's machine.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
we must conserve memory usage, in the event that the
user's /tmp is a tmpfs. copying of ROM images into
tmpfs is ill advised; we must copy them, due to how
the release process works (e.g. stripping of blobs,
but this must be done in a way so as to not interfere
with regular builds, thus they are copied instead)
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
now under coreboot mainboards, target.cfg can specify
a background. if not specified, the 1280x800 one is
assumed, and used by default. it can be overridden.
the path should be relative to:
config/grub/background/
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
explicitly set the count to 3, so that a maximum of 3
attemps are made per download, barring fatal errors such
as http 404.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the /tmp/ file system may be a tmpfs, with conservative
memory limits, depending on host system.
it's more likely that the user will have enough disk space
under tmp/ within lbmk (if they don't, they can't use
lbmk anyway). that is to say: more likely that they would
have the disk space, but not the memory.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
check based on whether defconfigs are available, which
are used extensively, rather than checking based on
whether target.cfg is available, which is not used
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
also: only return zero status if rom images were succesfully
built, and print a list of each rom image directory based on
what was actually compiled, rather than just saying that the
rom images are stored under bin/
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the handling of target.cfg is *not* required, in
this script. other mechanisms are also used for
error checking. this script only uses defconfigs.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
they weren't even handled at all, but they were referenced
under coreboot configuration
they don't need to be handled. lbmk simply includes these files.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
it doesn't really make sense for them to be under
blobs/ - nominally, they are blobs, but they are
well-understood data files containing config data,
that is easily parsed by tools like ich9show or
ifdtool (and tools like bincfg or nvmutil)
blobs/ has been re-purposed: this directory no longer
exists in lbmk, but it is created (and on .gitignore)
when needed, by blobutil
thus, the blobs/ directory shall only contain vendor
files, and only those files that libreboot scrubs from
releases. therefore, build/release/src can (and has
been) simplified; it currently copies just the ifd and
gbe files from blobs/, selectively, and this logic is
quite error prone, requiring maintenance. now, the
build/release/src script simply copies config/ (which
only ever contains distributable files) and entirely
ignores the blobs/ directory
the blob download script already creates the required
directory, except for the sch5545 download; this is
now fixed
lbmk code size is slightly smaller, due to this patch
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
This cuts down on build time, and it will allow libreboot
to remove large chunks of code.
these ifd/gbe configs are just binary-encoded config files,
in a format well-understood. they can easily be opened up
and displayed, using ich9show or ifdtool, and manipulated
by these tools; bincfg can generate them from scratch, and
nvmutil can change mac addresses, for example.
so, do this and remove from lbmk the following:
* ich9utils (which contains ich9gen) - not needed anymore
* code in lbmk for handling ich9gen and insertions; the
coreboot build system is now used, for this same purpose,
so remove such code from lbmk
this results in a massive code size reduction (thousands of
lines) in lbmk; smaller when only looking at the build
system, but much larger when you consider that ich9utils
is also removed (about 3k sloc)
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
a follow-up patch will make use of these, rather than ich9gen,
and ich9gen will be deleted.
these files were in fact generated *by* ich9gen.
coreboot has ifdtool and bincfg, the latter of which can
generate both ifd and gbe files for ich9m. that, and nvmutil
which is part of libreboot, can change gbe mac addresses.
i was going to replace ich9gen with a script that would run
bincfg, ifdtool and nvmutil, to greatly reduce code size,
because ich9gen is about 3k sloc.
however, in practise we would always generate the same ifd
config, and basically only change the mac address if that's
what the user wants; nvmutil can already do that just fine.
so, just include the binaries directly.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the mkdir command in update/project/repo, added for
pico-pi integration, broke a bunch of other downloads.
the fix is a bit of a hack but it should hold for now.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
More than 90% of cats were thus terminated.
read (shell built-in) is better at reading, and dogs are better pets.
Signed-off-by: Riku Viitanen <riku.viitanen@protonmail.com>
the way this script works, it only copies what was built,
but it currently operatios as though coreboot/default
always exists, and then cleans the kbc1126 util
this patch fixes such buggy behaviour
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The -c option is added for distclean, and -x for crossgcc-clean,
in handle/make/config
about 100 sloc removed from lbmk
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The -T option specifies how many threads xz shall use.
The -T value of zero shall dictate that xz use so many
threads as there are CPUs, on the host system.
This will probably speed up the release process a bit.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
The same ROM images that you flash on Intel GPU variants,
are now flashed on Nvidia models. The same ROM will work
on both. If an Intel GPU variant is present, libgfxinit
is used, and the VGA ROM is used if an Nvidia GPU variant;
however, release ROMs will scrub the nvidia option ROM,
so release ROMs will only work on Intel GPUs unless you
run the blobutil inject command.
I decided to no longer have this under WIP, but to put
it in master. The issue with it pertains to video drivers,
which is not Libreboot's problem.
Nouveau crashes under Linux, so use "nomodeset" if it does.
The "nv" drivers in BSD systems work very well.
The nvidia model of E6400 isn't recommended for other
reasons, namely: poor thermal cooling (thermal pad on
the GPU) and that Nvidia GPU doesn't get very good
performance on any libre drivers anyway. The Intel GPU
variant is better, in terms of power efficiency and
software support; the intel variant also works with
native graphics initialisation in coreboot.
This board port already only enables SeaBIOS, which will
simply execute the VGA ROM. Blobutil already supports
reading the config, detecting that a VGA ROM is needed,
because that part of the WIP E6400 branch was already
merged in lbmk master.
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
they weren't being copied back, after running the
make command. i overlooked this when testing in
the previous optimisations, because i only tested
building, not modification or updating of configs
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
the current check only worked if it had already
been built, when checking for the Makefile
however, running this during build/release/src
caused problems, hence the current check
so: perform the same check, but as a fallback for
cmake failing (and if that check fails, only then
will err be called)
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
lbmk never needed a makefile, because the build system
is all shell scripting; the former makefile simply called
those scripts, in a way that was mostly superfluous
build/release/src was still trying to copy it, so let's
remove it from that file
Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Leah Rowe