2023-03-30 11:08:58 +00:00
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% ASUS KGPE-D16 hardware donation needed
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% Leah Rowe
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% 30 March 2023
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2023-07-16 11:51:54 +00:00
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**UPDATE: I have this board now. I do not require donation anymore.**
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Please donate a D16 machine if you can
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If someone can donate one to me, that would be a great service to the Libreboot
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project. Preferably assembled, with CPU, cooler, working RAM (in coreboot), in
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a case with PSU... throw in a graphics card if you can.
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ASUS KGPE-D16 support was removed from Libreboot a while ago, because I didn't
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have enough testers to be confident in providing ROM images for it.
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I would like to re-add support for ASUS KGPE-D16 in a future Libreboot release,
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but this time I'd like to be able to test it myself.
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2023-03-30 11:11:43 +00:00
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I don't currently have a KGPE-D16 set up at my lab, because finding parts
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and (especially) the coolers is a challenge, to say the least.
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If you would like to help, and have a machine to spare, please can you contact
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me at my email address: [info@minifree.org](mailto:info@minifree.org)
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KCMA-D8 also needed
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I'm also arranging for an assembled machine with KCMA-D8 in it to be sent to
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me - though I'm not yet sure if that will go through, so if you have one of
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those aswell, I'd be interested too.
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How I plan to re-add
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Dasharo produces updated coreboot images for KGPE-D16, with source code. They
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took coreboot from release 4.11 and updated the code. I plan to add support in
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lbmk (Libreboot's build system) for using other coreboot repositories besides
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the official one, when downloading, patching and compiling for each board.
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In other words, I would integrate Dasharo's coreboot repository in Libreboot,
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alongside the default one on coreboot.org.
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As far as I know, Dasharo does not yet work on KCMA-D8 (that was the case,
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last time I checked), but I could inspect code differences between D8/D16 in
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coreboot's branch `4.11_branch` and try to port those to Dasharo, to then put
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in Libreboot.
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Failing that (for KCMA-D8), I would just use `4.11_branch` from coreboot.
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D8/D16 support was dropped in coreboot after release 4.11, but updated code
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mostly fixing compiler issues and such, is available in a branch off
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of 4.11 called `4.11_branch`.
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When Libreboot dropped support for D8/D16, it wasn't using `4.11_branch`.
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Instead, it was using the normal 4.11 tag in coreboot.git, with some extra
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patches on top provided by Libreboot.
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