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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. | ||
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* PGP fingerprint: [http://zimmermann.mayfirst.org/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x8600BEAA&fingerprint=on 9E5B 817B FF33 8DD7 0167 6C27 6DBD 8BFE 8600 BEAA] | |||
* IRC: mytbk@freenode | |||
* XMPP: vimacs@chatme.im | |||
I use {{ic|vimacs}} as my nick name on some forums with a Vi-macs logo. | |||
[[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} | ||
* CubieBoard CubieTruck | * 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: | ||
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=== 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}}. | ||
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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? === | ||
Revision as of 03:09, 17 April 2016
Hi, community!
I'm a student from Peking University. I started using coreboot since 2015 spring semester.
Contact me
- PGP fingerprint: 9E5B 817B FF33 8DD7 0167 6C27 6DBD 8BFE 8600 BEAA
- IRC: mytbk@freenode
- XMPP: vimacs@chatme.im
I use vimacs as my nick name on some forums with a Vi-macs logo.
What I have
boards/laptops I've installed coreboot on:
- Lenovo {X60, X201, X220, T420, T520}
- 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.