Re: Debian-friendly laptop
On Thu, 20 May 2021 01:04:06 -0400
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > While building the latest linuxcnc for my pi, I came across this mentio
> > of coreboot, so I checked their site for asus mainboard support, to find
> > asus unmentioned.
> >
> > So, will it work for an Asus Z370-A II mainboard?
>
> I have no idea, but you can check the doc and or code to find out.
Here's the official answer:
https://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#Will_coreboot_work_on_my_machine.3F
> The statistically most likely answer is "no" because most chipsets and
> motherboards are woefully underdocumented so it's very hard to port
> Coreboot to it.
>
> That's why I find Purism and System76 to be important: being
> manufacturers they have a bit more leverage to get some of that
> documentation (presumably under NDA) such that they can port Coreboot to
> the particular chipset they're using, and that can then be helpful for
> other machines using the same (or similar) chipset.
Celejar
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