Aspeed aren't the ones keeping them closed - OpenBMC running on Aspeed chips is an option chosen by some system vendors. It's a vendor choice whether to go with

Aspeed aren't the ones keeping them closed - OpenBMC running on Aspeed chips is an option chosen by some system vendors. It's a vendor choice whether to go with an open platform or a closed BMC from AMI etc. https://github.com/AspeedTech-BMC/openbmc https://github.com/AspeedTech-BMC/openbmc (or see the upstream OpenBMC tree) HPE are adding some OpenBMC support https://www.hpe.com/us/en/compute/openbmc-proliant-servers.html https://www.hpe.com/us/en/compute/openbmc-proliant-servers.h... This work from Supermicro looked promising https://lore.kernel.org/openbmc/CACPK8XdE0sRmt4x54YJVJO2wDT5cm2AkRfGBoyn+h9P668K5mg@mail.gmail.com/T/ https://lore.kernel.org/openbmc/CACPK8XdE0sRmt4x54YJVJO2wDT5...