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author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-28 04:22:38 +0000 |
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committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-11-28 04:22:38 +0000 |
commit | 9f6881e87f68dd8cc13add1bcee9418877fda1b3 (patch) | |
tree | 5c8c8a527847d25550fb18a10e1159b2ddd5e92c /docs | |
parent | e87eff443b965f3e0ae1e4b02e50327e787c3c76 (diff) | |
download | librebootfr-9f6881e87f68dd8cc13add1bcee9418877fda1b3.tar.gz librebootfr-9f6881e87f68dd8cc13add1bcee9418877fda1b3.zip |
Documentation: general cleanup.
TODO's deleted from docs/release.html (no longer valid) or moved
to docs/future/index.html.
Description of libreboot slightly modified. (distinguish the coreboot
part of libreboot as coreboot-libre.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
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diff --git a/docs/future/index.html b/docs/future/index.html index 5b861397..fb540961 100644 --- a/docs/future/index.html +++ b/docs/future/index.html @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ <li><a href="#lcd_i945_incompatibility">LCD panels on i945 - fix incompatible panels</a></li> <li><a href="#i945_vbt">i945 X60/T60 VBT implementation (experimental: testing)</a></li> <li><a href="#intelvbttool_results">IntelVbtTool results</a></li> + <li><a href="#fallback_patches">Fallback patches for i945</a></li> </ul> <hr/> @@ -400,6 +401,42 @@ </ul> <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="fallback_patches">Fallback patches</h1> + + <ul> + <li> + Todo: test gnutoo's fallback patches: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism">http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism</a> + (some parts use systemd. adapt for upstart, which is what trisquel uses)<br/> + see <a href="gnutoo_fallback_patch">this IRC log</a> (warning, not cleaned up) + </li> + </ul> + +<hr/> + + <h1 id="other">Other - unlisted (low priority)</h1> + + <ul> + <li> + PTE errors still exist on i945 with 6718 (which is merged). <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/dmesg">dmesg</a></li> + <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/kern.log">kern.log</a></li> + <li>This doesn't seem to cause any issues for general use.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + Implement INT 10H support in i945 native graphics. (this will be a lot of work. SeaBIOS has code for some geode boards, to get a general idea). + </li> + <li> + T60 15" QXGA (2048x1536): fixed issue where GRUB wouldn't show any graphics. (Not many people have this panel) + <ul> + <li>It might be the same issue I ran into with Paul on the X60 (not enough memory being allocated) since the same code works on T60 SXGA+ and UXGA, where GRUB actually display graphics.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> <hr/> diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index f7d79ef5..cbdcefd6 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ receive your change at some point in the future, in a future release. </b> </p> + + <p> + <i>Libreboot</i> as a whole is the distribution distributed deblobbed. However, the core part is coreboot: + libreboot's deblobbed coreboot tree is named <i>coreboot-libre</i> to distinguish it as a component of <i>libreboot</i>. + (if that makes sense). + </p> <h2> A 'stable' coreboot: diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html index f1f1ef7c..67b81bdc 100644 --- a/docs/release.html +++ b/docs/release.html @@ -179,43 +179,9 @@ <li> Look at vortex86ex boards. See <a href="http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex">http://libreboot.org/vortex86ex</a>. </li> - <li> - PTE errors still exist with 6718 (which is merged). <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/</a> - <ul> - <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/dmesg">dmesg</a></li> - <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/kern.log">kern.log</a></li> - <li>This doesn't seem to cause any issues for general use.</li> - </ul> - </li> - <li> - Make libreboot buildable in Parabola: update deps-parabola for a default Parabola install (base repository only). - </li> - <li>get all useful info from http://www.coreboot.org/GRUB2 and https://wiki.parabolagnulinux.org/User:GNUtoo/laptop and make it into a tutorial</li> - <li> - Todo: test gnutoo's fallback patches: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism">http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism</a> - (some parts use systemd. adapt for upstart, which is what trisquel uses)<br/> - see <a href="future/gnutoo_fallback_patch">this IRC log</a> (warning, not cleaned up) - </li> - <li> - Implement VBT for i945 laptops: <a href="future/index.html#i945_vbt">future/index.html#i945_vbt</a> and - <a href="future/index.html#intelvbttool_results">future/index.html#intelvbttool_results</a>). - </li> - <li> - Implement INT 10H support in i945 native graphics. (this will be a lot of work. SeaBIOS has code for some geode boards, to get a general idea). - </li> - <li>Adapt linux-libre deblob scripts for use with coreboot.</li> - <li> - T60: find (for rare buggy CPU's that are unstable without microcode updates) - if there is a workaround: see <a href="future/index.html#t60_cpu_microcode">future/index.html#t60_cpu_microcode</a> - </li> - <li> - T60 15" QXGA (2048x1536): fixed issue where GRUB wouldn't show any graphics. - <ul> - <li>It might be the same issue I ran into with Paul on the X60 (not enough memory being allocated) since the same code works on T60 SXGA+ and UXGA, where GRUB actually display graphics.</li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>Documentation: added as many links as I could find, to datasheets and schematics for macbook21/x60/t60 (i945 chipset, EC info for x60/t60/macbook21)</li> - <li>Documentation: Add a "development guide" for how to maintain libreboot ('get' scripts, deblob scripts, associated files under ./resources and so on)</li> + <li>Adapt linux-libre deblob scripts for use with coreboot. Libreboot is already deblobbed + using it's own script, but updating it is still a bit too manual. linux-libre's deblob + scripts do an excellent job and (adapted) will make it much easier to maintain coreboot-libre.</li> </ul> </div> |