news post: Dell T1650 and HP 8470p
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% HP EliteBook 8470p and Dell Precision T1650 support added to Libreboot
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% Leah Rowe
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% 14 August 2023
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Introduction
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I've ported and tested two new boards, and merged them into the `lbmk` master
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branch. They will be available in the next regular release:
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HP EliteBook 8470p
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HP EliteBook 8470p is another IvyBridge platform, similar to other EliteBooks
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that Libreboot already supports, such as the HP EliteBook 9470m that Riku
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added.
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<img tabindex=1 class="r" style="max-width:35%" src="https://av.libreboot.org/hp8470p/hp8470p.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/hp8470p/hp8470p.jpg" /></span>
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It was added in this patch:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?id=6075fed84912be82cb03a99ad5a5a82547872463>
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It should be noted: there are *two* variants of this machine. One variant has
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Intel graphics, and this is what was tested. The other variant has discrete
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AMD graphics, and is not supported, but could be added - if you have one of
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these AMD variants, please [contact Leah Rowe](../docs/maintain/testing.html).
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Another quirk: SOIC16 flash IC, but it's 16MB in size (Winbond W25Q128).
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This will be available in the next Libreboot release. For now, you
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can [download Libreboot from Git](../git.md) and [build from
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source](../docs/build/) if you wish to use this board. Read those instructions
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first; with build dependencies then installed, you can build the board like
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so:
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./build boot roms hp8470pintel_16mb
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There is currently no documentation on the coreboot website, but installation
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instructions will be written for the Libreboot website.
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Dell Precision T1650
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This machine is truly unique, among most desktop boards in coreboot. It's yet
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another IvyBridge desktop, same platform as [HP 8300
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USDT](../docs/hardware/hp8300usdt.html), but it supports *ECC* memory, if you
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use a Xeon E3 model CPU (ivybridge variant).
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<img tabindex=1 class="l" style="max-width:35%" src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650.jpg" /></span>
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My model had
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You can find a list of IvyBridge CPUs here:
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#List_of_Ivy_Bridge_processors>
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*My* one, that I tested, has Intel *Xeon E3 1270v2* - this model does not have
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an Intel graphics chip built in, so I could not test coreboot's libgfxinit for
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this board, but it should work. I've since ordered a 1275v2 which does have
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graphics, but I didn't have it at the time of this news post.
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<img tabindex=1 class="r" style="max-width:35%" src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_seabios.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_seabios.jpg" /></span>
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Native video init for Intel graphics *is* enabled, in this Libreboot port, but
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because I haven't tested it yet, I've done *this* in the port that was merged:
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SeaBIOS-only at startup, but GRUB is available in the SeaBIOS menu. SeaBIOS
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is relied upon to execute the VGA Option ROM on an add-on graphics card (the
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one I had was Nvidia Quadro K420, tested with the `nouveau` driver under
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Debian Linux).
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<img tabindex=1 class="l" style="max-width:35%" src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_grub.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_grub.jpg" /></span>
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If you want GRUB-only setup, you could configure SeaBIOS bootorder to only
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load the GRUB payload, and disable the SeaBIOS menu. This can be done by
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only booting `img/grub2` from CBFS. More info available here:
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<https://www.seabios.org/Runtime_config> - just insert the appropriate files
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into CBFS, as per the instructions on that page. Make sure you have external
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flashing equipment to recover in case you brick it!
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<img tabindex=1 class="r" style="max-width:35%" src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_libreboot_website.jpg" /><span class="f"><img src="https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_libreboot_website.jpg" /></span>
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With ECC memory, this board is easily suitable for running a server of some kind,
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in cases where data integrity matters (many userspace programs will use `read()`
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and `write()` to manipulate data on the HDD/SSD, so it's best to ensure that the
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memory is as reliable as possible) - the board also has *four* SATA slots, so
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you could easily do RAID10 or RAID6 - a filesystem like ZFS running under FreeBSD
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would be a boon. Stick 32GB of ECC RAM with RAID10 HDDs on FreeBSD and run
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OpenBSD virtual servers in bhyve!
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Other works currently in progress
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A similar report was made in the [HP EliteBook 2170p news
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page](hp2170p.md). Some of that is now done, so the list is updated (and more
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work is also being done):
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More boards coming soon
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I'm *still* on a spree, adding more boards to Libreboot, especially HP
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EliteBooks. These boards are of interest, to the Libreboot project, at this
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present time:
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* Dell OptiPlex 9010 - similar to the T1650 (same platform, same vendor)
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* HP ProBook 6360b - it has been added today to Libreboot, but it's not yet
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tested. Patch (WIP):
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?h=hp2170p_wip&id=7badbf224b4ac80f73bb64a39aef518d790848c4>
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(further testing still needed)
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* HP Revolve 810 G1
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* HP EliteBook Folio 9480m - it has been added already to Libreboot (WIP), but
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currently does not boot (more testing needed - not sure what my problem is
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yet, but it was added today). WIP patch:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?h=hp2170p_wip&id=25477d9ed44cea19bca8a875a7e334e8d4fa01b3>
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* HP EliteBook 820 G2 (broadwell generation)
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* HP EliteBook *840* G2 - not supported in coreboot yet, but should be similar
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to 820 G2 and I've ordered one for testing. It's probably an easy port.
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* HP Z220 workstation
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* Dell Precision T1650
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* Dell Optiplex 7020 and 9020 - not mentioned in the last post, but I also have
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these.
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* Dell Latitude E6320 - not supported in coreboot yet, but there's a patch
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under review on gerrit for Latitude E6220, and the E6320 should be similar
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enough for an easy port. This is the gerrit patch for E6220:
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<https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/74287>
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Another build system audit
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--------------------------
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I've also started another audit of the Libreboot build system; the [last
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one](audit.md) was quite intense and a lot more work is going in for the
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next release.
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The next Libreboot release is going to be an absolute banger. I can promise you
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that. But I can't give you an ETA yet :)
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