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I'm a student from Peking University. I started using coreboot since 2015 spring semester. | I'm a student from Peking University. I started using coreboot since 2015 spring semester. | ||
== | == Contact me == | ||
* homepage: https://vimacs.lcpu.club | |||
* PGP fingerprint: 7079 B481 F04B 5D8B 65A0 ECDE EA2D B82F E04A 9403 | |||
* IRC: vimacs@freenode, mytbk@freenode | |||
* chat.coreboot.org: vimacs | |||
* XMPP: vimacs@wehack.space | |||
* Matrix: @vimacs:matrixim.cc | |||
I use {{ic|vimacs}} as my nick name on some forums with a Vi-macs logo. Yeah, I use both Vim and GNU Emacs! | |||
[[File:Vimacs.png|400px]] | |||
== What I have == | |||
boards/laptops I've installed coreboot on: | boards/laptops I've installed coreboot on: | ||
* Lenovo {X60, X201, X220, T420} | * Lenovo {X60, X201, X220, T420, T520, X230} | ||
* CubieBoard CubieTruck | * HP {2760p, 8470p, 8460p, 2570p} | ||
* Dell Latitude E6230 (porting in progress) | |||
* ASRock B75 Pro3-M | |||
* Cubietech {CubieBoard, CubieTruck} | |||
my tools: | my tools: | ||
* a ch341a programmer | * a ch341a programmer (now flashrom supports it!) | ||
* CubieTruck as my EHCI debug dongle | * CubieTruck as my EHCI debug dongle | ||
* BeagleBone Black with lynxis's bbb_screwdriver installed | |||
why I use coreboot/libreboot: | why I use coreboot/libreboot: | ||
* it's free (as in freedom) | * it's free (as in freedom) | ||
* it' | * it's fast | ||
* no whitelist | * no whitelist | ||
* no malware/rootkit | * no malware/rootkit | ||
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* random boot failure | * random boot failure | ||
* strange bugs on specific machines | * strange bugs on specific machines | ||
* bugs from upstream | * bugs from upstream updates | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== how to build coreboot === | === how to build coreboot === | ||
[https://www.coreboot.org/Lesson1 Lesson1] is a good place to start. | |||
First, you need a cross toolchain. Just {{ic|make crossgcc-x64}}. | First, you need a cross toolchain. Just {{ic|make crossgcc-x64}}. | ||
Then configure coreboot: {{ic|make nconfig}} | Then configure coreboot: {{ic|make nconfig}}, and build it. | ||
You can first try coreboot on qemu, then on real machines. I recommend Lenovo ThinkPad X series (X201,X220 is good), because it's easy to flash externally. | You can first try coreboot on qemu, then on real machines. I recommend Lenovo ThinkPad X series (X201,X220 is good), because it's easy to flash externally. | ||
=== Should I learn Linux before trying coreboot? === | === Should I learn Linux before trying coreboot? === | ||
Latest revision as of 04:06, 21 April 2018
Hi, community!
I'm a student from Peking University. I started using coreboot since 2015 spring semester.
Contact me
- homepage: https://vimacs.lcpu.club
- PGP fingerprint: 7079 B481 F04B 5D8B 65A0 ECDE EA2D B82F E04A 9403
- IRC: vimacs@freenode, mytbk@freenode
- chat.coreboot.org: vimacs
- XMPP: vimacs@wehack.space
- Matrix: @vimacs:matrixim.cc
I use vimacs as my nick name on some forums with a Vi-macs logo. Yeah, I use both Vim and GNU Emacs!
What I have
boards/laptops I've installed coreboot on:
- Lenovo {X60, X201, X220, T420, T520, X230}
- HP {2760p, 8470p, 8460p, 2570p}
- Dell Latitude E6230 (porting in progress)
- ASRock B75 Pro3-M
- Cubietech {CubieBoard, CubieTruck}
my tools:
- a ch341a programmer (now flashrom supports it!)
- CubieTruck as my EHCI debug dongle
- BeagleBone Black with lynxis's bbb_screwdriver installed
why I use coreboot/libreboot:
- it's free (as in freedom)
- it's fast
- no whitelist
- no malware/rootkit
- can unlock some features (e.g. IVB processor support on SNB laptops)
bugs in coreboot:
- random boot failure
- strange bugs on specific machines
- bugs from upstream updates
Notes
how to build coreboot
Lesson1 is a good place to start.
First, you need a cross toolchain. Just make crossgcc-x64.
Then configure coreboot: make nconfig, and build it.
You can first try coreboot on qemu, then on real machines. I recommend Lenovo ThinkPad X series (X201,X220 is good), because it's easy to flash externally.
Should I learn Linux before trying coreboot?
Yes. Many operating systems can run on coreboot, but Linux runs best on it. More importantly, you need to get familiar with the build system, toolchains, utilities, and it's hard to learn these without learning Linux.
why no binary packages
Someone asked me this question. I think that coreboot is so flexible that building from source is the best way to use coreboot.
You can configure these things:
- use microcode in coreboot image or not
- use native graphics init or use a VGA option ROM
- payload
- use CMOS configuration or not
- debug options
Libreboot supplies pre-built binary packages, because it's a stable version of coreboot, and it's blob-free feature makes microcode and option ROMs impossible. There are just a few things to configure, and libreboot community use in their binary packages the configs they think good for users and developers.