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As someone who doesn't know what Coreboot does, not having this information in the first paragraph of this post isn't super useful. Add to the problem that clic
by dpcx 7y ago
As someone who doesn't know what Coreboot does, not having this information in the first paragraph of this post isn't super useful. Add to the problem that clicking on the Coreboot logo only takes me to the front page of the blog - and there are no links to the actual homepage...
- jesusc123 7y agoIt would take you less time to remove the blog.*, click Enter and read the god damn description which is on their homepage. I hope you are not that miserable IRL, in case you are - I suggest therapy
- new_realist 7y agoThis is a very common problem which reduces the utility of news sites generally.
- edjrage 7y agoDon't feed the troll.
- type0 7y agoIt's a CORE part of your system that you could use to BOOT you computer
- segfaultbuserr 7y agohaha, I nominate you for the HN comment of the day.
- gsaga 7y agoThe about page of blog has 1 paragraph description of coreboot.
- brian_herman__ 7y ago"coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems. As an Open Source project it provides auditability and maximum control over technology." https://coreboot.org/ https://coreboot.org/
- StillBored 7y agoWhich means nothing other than its open source and doesn't follow any standards. If google put 1/2 the effort into edk2 the world would be a lot closer to a general purpose opensource firmware that actually works with things like option roms, and booting on random boards instead of some tiny subset of boards that google has beaten people into porting it onto.
- paulddraper 7y ago> Which means nothing other than its open source and doesn't follow any standards. I think you missed the first sentence.
- StillBored 7y ago? Which of those aren't provided by edk2? Have you see how fast it is on small embedded boards? Its basically instant boot the same way as uboot is, it also supports the secure boot standard, capsule update, and most of what one expects out of a modern BIOS. So, yah, if you turn on boot debugging, and enable a pile of drivers for USB/PCIe/etc it gets slower because it can actually probe and boot from random USB & PCIe devices, and display a graphical boot menu using a random GPU. Still, the longest delay tends to be the boot prompt sleep/delay which can be shortened/removed.
- nickik 7y ago> ? Which of those aren't provided by edk2? What does that have to do with anything? Your argument was that the description was not descriptive but it was. So your point was wrong and made no sense. Then you start ranting about coreboot. So clearly your argument was not about the description, you just wanted to shit on coreboot. And just btw, building a whole new OS to put under your OS is nonsense from pretty much every perspective.
- jotm 7y agoOpen source replacement for BIOS, basically
- jolmg 7y agoThat's a very nice summary. I found the Wiki article[1] most helpful, too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreboot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreboot