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Does the Framework support coreboot? IIRC it does not, and I was sort of surprised to not see that in this announcement. Their github also doesn't have any men
by kop316 5y ago
Does the Framework support coreboot? IIRC it does not, and I was sort of surprised to not see that in this announcement.
Their github also doesn't have any mention of coreboot: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer https://github.com/FrameworkComputer
And it isn't here either:
https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/index.html https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/index.html
- kitsunesoba 5y agoIIRC they said that it was a point of interest but not something they’d started work on yet.
- nrp 5y agoWe called out "We're continuing to invest in open source firmware development, with the goal of replacing other proprietary firmware we're currently stuck with in the future too." in the blog post. Coreboot is something we're very interested in and have done experimentation around. We went with an off-the-shelf proprietary BIOS/UEFI to derisk launching the Framework Laptop on time and satisfying the core goals on it (getting a high-performance, thin, light laptop into the world that is fully repairable and upgradeable), but an open BIOS/UEFI solution is absolutely in line with our philosophy.
- mjg59 5y agoAre you planning to ship systems that don't have Boot Guard enforcement enabled? I've done a couple of Coreboot ports (I'm typing from a laptop that's running my build) and the Framework is an extremely interesting target, but if Boot Guard is turned on then that becomes pretty difficult.
- nrp 5y agoWe haven't finalized our plans around this, but one path we have explored is a signed shim loader.
- mjg59 5y agoAh, so a signed firmware bootblock that runs something user signed? I wrote the original version of the boot Shim that Linux distros use for bridging from the Microsoft root of trust to the distro one, so let me know if there's any way I can help out here.
- nrp 5y agoYep! It's great to hear that, and I would definitely be interested in chatting. I've DMed you on twitter.
- kop316 5y agoGotcha, thanks!