news: kgpe-d16, kcma-d8 and kfsn4-dre re-added
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@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ Supported hardware
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libreboot currently supports the following systems in this release:
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### Servers (AMD, x86)
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- [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](kgpe-d16.md)
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- [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](kfsn4-dre.md)
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### Desktops (AMD, Intel, x86)
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- [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](kcma-d8.md)
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- [Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard](ga-g41m-es2l.md)
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- [Acer G43T-AM3](acer_g43t-am3.md)
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- [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](d510mo.md)
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@ -100,9 +106,6 @@ re-adding them at a later date. They were removed due to issues. List:
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- [ASUS Chromebit CS10 (veyron-mickey)](../install/chromebooks.md)
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- [ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA (veyron-minnie)](../install/chromebooks.md)
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- [ASUS Chromebook C201PA (veyron-speedy)](../install/c201.md)
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- [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](kcma-d8.md) (removed from lbmk, TODO: re-add)
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- [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](kgpe-d16.md) (removed from lbmk, TODO: re-add)
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- [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](kfsn4-dre.md) (removed from lbmk, TODO: re-add)
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- [Intel D945GCLF](d945gclf.md) (removed from lbmk, TODO: re-add support)
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### NOTES about removed boards:
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Introduction
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============
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**KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE ASUS mainboards were removed on 19
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November 2022. You can still use older revisions of Libreboot, and older
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release versions.**
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This is a server board using AMD hardware (Fam10h *and Fam15h* CPUs
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available). It can also be used for building a high-powered workstation.
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Powered by libreboot. The coreboot port was done by Timothy Pearson of
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@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ title: KGPE-D16 external flashing instructions
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x-toc-enable: true
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...
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**KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE ASUS mainboards were removed on 19
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November 2022. You can still use older revisions of Libreboot, and older
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release versions.**
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These will be re-added to Libreboot at a later date, once proper testing
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has been done.
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@ -738,10 +738,6 @@ SPI flash is memory mapped and the maximum (in practise) that you can use is a
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ThinkPad X200S, X200 Tablet and T400S, all of which have WSON8 where the best
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course of action is to replace it with a SOIC8 flash chip.
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**KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE ASUS mainboards were removed on 19
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November 2022. You can still use older revisions of Libreboot, and older
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release versions.**
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In all such cases, flashing a new chip should be done using a breadboard, not
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a test clip. You will use 2.54mm dupont leads to connect your Raspberry Pi.
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For data lines, make sure that all wires are the same length, and about 10cm
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My KCMA-D8 or KGPE-D16 doesn't boot with the PIKE2008 module installed
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**KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE ASUS mainboards were removed on 19
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November 2022. You can still use older revisions of Libreboot, and older
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release versions.**
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Loading the option ROM from the PIKE2008 module on either ASUS KCMA-D8
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or KGPE-D16 causes the system to hang at boot. It's possible to use
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this in the payload (if you use a linux kernel payload, like linuxboot),
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fam15h.md
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censored-libreboot20230710.md
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safety.md
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libreboot20230625.md
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% ASUS KGPE-D16, KCMA-D8 and KFSN4-DRE re-added to Libreboot
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% Leah Rowe
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% 16 July 2023
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Introduction
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============
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[Libreboot 20220710](libreboot20220710.md) was the last release to officially
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support these boards: ASUS KFSN4-DRE, KCMA-D8 and KGPE-D16; they were removed
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shortly, shortly after that release was announced, in subsequent revisions
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of `lbmk.git`.
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I'm pleased to announce that they have, today, been re-added to `lbmk.git`.
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This is the [automated build system](../docs/maintain/) that builds Libreboot
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ROM images, and Libreboot releases, ready for installation.
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These boards are available *now*, if you're willing to [build Libreboot from
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source](../docs/build/); otherwise, you will find them in the next regular
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release of Libreboot.
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It was implemented with this patch:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?id=af084014f04602f570a23b0cc23a112401348faf>
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Differences now, versus Libreboot 20220710
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The following changes have been made, relative to Libreboot 20220710:
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* Coreboot `4.11_branch` (branch) used, instead of regular `4.11` (release tag).
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This contains many fixes on top of the original Coreboot 4.11 release that
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Libreboot used.
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* I fixed several errors, enabling coreboot's crossgcc toolchain compilers
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from `4.11_branch` to *build* properly, on modern distros; Debian Sid was
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tested, and Arch Linux should work too. Without these patches, it would not
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build at all.
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* Fixed downloading of `acpica` (for use of `iasl`) in the coreboot crossgcc
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build script; the upstream link for tarballs of `acpica` were no longer
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online. Coreboot switched to github in newer revisions, but this older one
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needed patching. I ended up hosting the relevant tarball *myself*, on
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Libreboot rsync. The mirrors now have it, and Libreboot's modified
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coreboot `4.11_branch` uses that.
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* Libreboot's build system (`lbmk.git`) has been modified, to make it avoid
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building GCC Gnat, in crossgcc from coreboot `4.11_branch`. Coreboot
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implements video initialisation in *Ada* on many platforms, but these AMD
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boards use AST (Aspeed) framebuffer chips, where coreboot video initialisation
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is written in normal C. This avoids having to deal with build issues, when
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[building older Gnat with newer host
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Gnat](https://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html)
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The PIKE2008 fix from Libreboot 20220710 was retained, and it is included in
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today's change. This inserts an empty option ROM in CBFS, without which SeaBIOS
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would hang; the empty option ROM prevents SeaBIOS from loading the real one.
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Dasharo firmware
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----------------
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**Libreboot does not yet integrate Dasharo.**
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Dasharo has support for ASUS KGPE-D16 on a much newer version of coreboot,
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where *upstream* coreboot had deleted KFSN4-DRE/KCMA-D8/KGPE-D16 support just
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after the 4.11 release; however, Dasharo *only* supports KGPE-D16 (out of these
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boards).
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I intend to study code differences between D8/D16 time, and port those to
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Dasharo so that it can have a KCMA-D8 port. I then wish to use this in
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Libreboot. I *could* use Dasharo now, for D16, regardless. For now, the main
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priority is to have support for these boards again in Libreboot.
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The previous news announcement said that I would only add these boards after
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doing that, but I felt this work is worthy enough for entry in the main branch
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of Libreboot. Any issues that it has will be similar to what was present in the
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Libreboot 20220710 release (Dasharo made a lot of improvements, especially to
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raminit).
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I would like it if people can provide testing for all of these boards, in
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today's Libreboot's revisions. [Learn here how to become a board tester for
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the Libreboot project](../docs/maintain/testing.md).
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% Leah Rowe
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% 30 March 2023
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**UPDATE: As of 25 April 2023, I've now ordered one myself. The issue was
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finding one with a decent cooler, which is rare, but I found one. 2 CPUs,
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some RAM, the cooler - and I'll get a case+PSU to put it in. Expect D16 in
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the next Libreboot release. Expect it.**
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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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