Unfortunately an open source BIOS isn't sufficient unless it's coupled with an external BIOS chip reader that can dump a motherboard's ROM and verify its checks

Unfortunately an open source BIOS isn't sufficient unless it's coupled with an external BIOS chip reader that can dump a motherboard's ROM and verify its checksum matches the expected checksum of a Coreboot BIOS. I did a more extensive writeup here, and I'd love to get anyone's thoughts on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6983405 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6983405