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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-05-07 17:36:46 +0100
committerFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-05-07 17:36:46 +0100
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<b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> ASUS KGPE-D16 - ported by <a href="http://raptorengineeringinc.com/content/base/main.htm">Raptor Engineering Inc.</a> (USA).
They use it internally, but have not yet released the code.
According to tpearson in #coreboot this will run completely blob-free with full functionality. They are
- asking for $35,000 (USD) to pay for the work to upstream it (get it into coreboot master repository).
+ asking for $50,000* (USD) to pay for the work to upstream it (get it into coreboot master repository).
<b>Crowd funding will be necessary!</b>
See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2015-April/079773.html">this thread</a>
on the coreboot mailing list.
- note: external flashing required for initial install (internal flashing works with coreboot/libreboot running).
It uses a DIP-8 (socket) SPI flash chip, so it's easy to flash.
+ * was 35K. the extra is for adding S3 support and full text-mode graphics initialization (bugs eliminated, etc).
+ A lot of work went into this port!
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<b><i><u>HIGH PRIORITY!</u></i></b> F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom (video BIOS replacement). SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem.