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@ -241,6 +241,46 @@ new features and hardware functionality - for instance, it has code for handling
Riku Viitanen's recent changes on the RP2040 serprog images, for pulling unused
chipselects high (useful on machines like ThinkPad W541 for external flashing).
Context regarding flashprog vs flashrom
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It was suggested by a reader, on 27 March 2024, that the lack of context made
judging this situation very difficult. Therefore, the following links have
been added, with explanation below.
More context can be gleaned from the following links:
* <https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/flashrom@flashrom.org/thread/47TTR4YNQV7QGPXSL2TROI3FES56XXF7/>
* <https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flashrom-Splits-Into-Two>
* <https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/flashrom@flashrom.org/message/ZOYX5R2R5IO3KVFBOKUSQGSL7I7WIHAL/>
* <https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/flashrom@flashrom.org/message/6MOOPJHTXRS5GK5JUUKL6APJQ6HIHA73/>
* <https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/flashrom-stable@flashrom.org/thread/RTP3UKMMGWUEVTS5XUFRCXXL24UE4FRV/>
The first link is the mailing list post, where the new flashrom leader unilaterally
announced Nico's banishment from the project, without giving actual evidence
to back up her accusations (accusations which are made in the very same post).
Several other flashrom developers weighed in, some taking the side of the new
leadership, and several others taking Nico's side. What happened to Nico was
unfair. As already stated, Libreboot will promote flashprog, *not* flashrom,
from now on.
Not only were such accusations made, but Nico was initially given his own
repository on the coreboot project, for his project, which he then
named *flashrom-stable*. See:
* <https://review.coreboot.org/admin/repos/flashrom-stable,general>
However, as you can see (at least on this date, 27 March 2024), this repo has
been hidden from view. Nico was banned from even having flashrom-stable on
the same infrastructure as flashrom, which uses the coreboot infrastructure.
This later lead to Nico establishing the Flashprog project.
Libreboot stands with Nico and his Flashprog project. Anyone contributing to
flashrom should consider working for flashprog, either in addition to or
instead of flashrom. Libreboot will continue its boycott of Flashrom until
its current leader, Anastasia Klimchuk, steps down from the leadership, and
even then only after reparations/apologies are issued to the accused.
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