From 5d516331cb506a2b1d929add03227b20860cab37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:38:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] priority Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe --- site/docs/maintain/index.md | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/docs/maintain/index.md b/site/docs/maintain/index.md index d17493c..2c467ba 100644 --- a/site/docs/maintain/index.md +++ b/site/docs/maintain/index.md @@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ check itself when running *any* command; if another command had to be executed first, it will do so automatically. Therefore, you can run any part of lbmk on its own, and the entire design is modular. +Use Free Software when possible +=============================== + +The coreboot software is nominally free, but occasionally requires an +additional file or two from the vendor on a few systems. The libreboot +project *allows* them, only when they are absolutely required. + +[Strict rules](../../news/policy.md) govern when this allowed, and +the [freedom status page](../../freedom-status.md) provides additional details. + Best practises for learning lbmk ================================ @@ -143,22 +153,6 @@ in flash on a future release. On our testing, disk I/O does not seem to be a major bottleneck, so any HDD or SSD will do, but we obviously recommend a fast NVMe (PCI-E) SSD if you can. -Use Free Software when possible -=============================== - -The coreboot software is nominally free, but occasionally requires an -additional file or two from the vendor on a few systems. The libreboot -project *allows* them, only when they are absolutely required. - -[Strict rules](../../news/policy.md) govern when this allowed, and -the [freedom status page](../../freedom-status.md) provides additional details. - -Please read the files under `config/vendor/` in lbmk, in addition to -the file `include/vendor.sh`. These configuration files and this source code -within lbmk, implement the download and patching logic that enables such files -to be included on final build images, ready for installation on the target -machine. - **Before *configuration* info, you will first be shown a brief overview of every project that Libreboot imports, such as coreboot.**