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It's getting hugged to death. Mirror: https://web.archive.org/web/20210205204013/https://balthazar.space/wiki/Balthazar https://web.archive.org/web/20210205204013/https://balthazar... Can it possibly be be used with Libreboot? It would be nice to have some newly manufactured hardware in laptop form that Libreboot can use.

CameronNemo 6y ago
Can libreboot target any ARM SoCs? It seems like u-boot with a verified boot path is not a common configuration, while the coreboot ecosystem has a number of security oriented payloads.
- philipkglass 6y ago
  The Libreboot wiki lists one ARM based system as supported, a particular Chromeboook: https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html
  - spijdar 6y ago
    I think it's fair to point out libreboot is a fork off coreboot, and while libreboot is basically a dead project at this point, coreboot development continues. Chromebooks tend to use coreboot natively, and on some chromebooks, you can recompile and reflash coreboot, sometimes with no binary blobs. Google makes this (reflashing the firmware) surprisingly easy in many cases, although there are often many caveats to running linux/alternative firmware on chromebooks, to the point it's kind of hard to recommend buying one for this purpose.
duskwuff 6y ago
> Can it possibly be be used with Libreboot? No. Libreboot lacks support for any of the hardware under consideration by this project. Libreboot is essentially a dead project. It only supports a limited number of Penryn-era (roughly 2007-2010) Intel laptops, and -- strangely -- the RK3288C-based Chromebook C210.
- hedora 6y ago
  That’s a bit harsh. You can still buy coreboot machines: https://www.coreboot.org/users.html https://www.coreboot.org/users.html The projects are related, at least.
  - duskwuff 6y ago
    That's because coreboot is an active project, and is still being updated to add support for newer platforms. libreboot isn't.

CameronNemo 6y ago

Can libreboot target any ARM SoCs? It seems like u-boot with a verified boot path is not a common configuration, while the coreboot ecosystem has a number of security oriented payloads.

philipkglass 6y ago
The Libreboot wiki lists one ARM based system as supported, a particular Chromeboook: https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html https://libreboot.org/docs/hardware/c201.html
- spijdar 6y ago
  I think it's fair to point out libreboot is a fork off coreboot, and while libreboot is basically a dead project at this point, coreboot development continues. Chromebooks tend to use coreboot natively, and on some chromebooks, you can recompile and reflash coreboot, sometimes with no binary blobs. Google makes this (reflashing the firmware) surprisingly easy in many cases, although there are often many caveats to running linux/alternative firmware on chromebooks, to the point it's kind of hard to recommend buying one for this purpose.

duskwuff 6y ago

> Can it possibly be be used with Libreboot? No. Libreboot lacks support for any of the hardware under consideration by this project. Libreboot is essentially a dead project. It only supports a limited number of Penryn-era (roughly 2007-2010) Intel laptops, and -- strangely -- the RK3288C-based Chromebook C210.

hedora 6y ago
That’s a bit harsh. You can still buy coreboot machines: https://www.coreboot.org/users.html https://www.coreboot.org/users.html The projects are related, at least.
- duskwuff 6y ago
  That's because coreboot is an active project, and is still being updated to add support for newer platforms. libreboot isn't.