Re: [Libreboot] libreboot on asus/kfsn4-dre

[The Gluglug]

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On 17/05/15 13:23, address@hidden wrote:
> Is there a chance to get libreboot on the 
> "http://www.coreboot.org/Board:asus/kfsn4-dre"; mainboard? I've been
> told in the libreboot IRC channel that this one should be already
> (or almost) blob free.

I've ordered one, and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I'll add it to
libreboot once I've got it up and running and make sure that it works.

> 
> Also: What can I do to help the libreboot project as a
> non-developer (in case help is wanted at all)?
> 

The current task list is available at http://libreboot.org/docs/tasks.html

Patching instructions are here: http://libreboot.org/download/#git

> 
> tl;dr: I'd like to provide services (email, mumble, vps (kvm)) 100%
> based on FLOSS and use this mainboard as the hardware platform.
> Wouldn't it be cool to have (probably) the first provider who
> offers such a service?
> 

https://corehost.us/
Ward Vandewege (former FSF sysadmin) runs it.

> It seems to be the most up to date server with coreboot/libreboot
> one can get at present. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> 

There is another, which is newer and more easily available but the
code isn't public yet. I'm thinking about ways to raise the funds to
pay raptor engineering for the work on upstreaming it (they are the
ones who ported it) - see the notes about ASUS KGPE-D16 on that task list.

> My first investigations came to the conclusion that there are
> plenty of those boards available on ebay, CPUs and RAM no problem
> as well.
> 

Of course.
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