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271 Coreboot open-source and Linux related news articles on Phoronix since 2009.

Coreboot 24.02 Released - Supporting Three New Motherboards
Coreboot 24.02 Released - Supporting Three New Motherboards

Succeeding last year's Coreboot 4.22 release is now a new release... Coreboot 24.02. This open-source system firmware project is now the latest to shift to a year-month versioning system. The newly-christened Coreboot 24.02 brings support for three new motherboards, a number of ACPI updates, and also pulls in the new GRUB 2.12 and other changes.

1 March 2024 - Coreboot 24.02 - 7 Comments
Coreboot 4.22 Released: Initial AMD OpenSIL Code Added, 17 New Motherboards
Coreboot 4.22 Released: Initial AMD OpenSIL Code Added, 17 New Motherboards

A new release of Coreboot is available today as the increasingly popular open-source system firmware solution that's used by Chromebooks, increasing hyperscaler / data center industry interest due to increased code transparency and security, System76 laptops, and more. Coreboot 4.22 is the new release and brings initial AMD OpenSIL code integration, 17 new motherboard ports, and more. Coreboot 4.22 will be succeeded next year by Coreboot 24.02.

28 November 2023 - Coreboot 4.22 - 9 Comments
Coreboot-Based Dasharo Updated For MSI Z690-A With Raptor Lake S, MSI FLASHBIOS
Coreboot-Based Dasharo Updated For MSI Z690-A With Raptor Lake S, MSI FLASHBIOS

The firmware folks at 3mdeb have released Dasharo 1.1.2 for the MSI PRO Z690-A motherboard. In case you missed it, last year 3mdeb ported Coreboot/Dasharo to select MSI desktop motherboards that are readily available in retail channels and supporting the latest Intel processors. This started with the MSI PRO Z690-A and since extended to the Z790 series. 3mdeb has released an updated Dasharo build with some new features for replacing the proprietary BIOS on these motherboards.

12 September 2023 - Dasharo 1.1.2 - 19 Comments
Coreboot Lands Support For The MSI PRO Z790-P Motherboards
Coreboot Lands Support For The MSI PRO Z790-P Motherboards

Upstreamed into the Coreboot Git repository this week is the ability to run on the MSI PRO Z790-P DDR4 and DDR5 motherboards for enjoying a latest-generation Intel desktop motherboard that is readily available as an alternative to using the proprietary BIOS implementations.

24 August 2023 - MSI Z70-P DDR4/DDR5 + Coreboot - 17 Comments
Libreboot 20230625 Released With A Few More Old Systems Added
Libreboot 20230625 Released With A Few More Old Systems Added

Libreboot as the downstream of Coreboot focused on providing fully open-source system firmware without binary blobs has been quite active recently. There have been several new systems added recently, introducing support for shipping ROMs without CPU microcode included, and other changes. This latest wor has culminated into the Libreboot 20230625 release.

26 June 2023 - Libreboot 20230625 - 1 Comment
Libreboot To Provide New Firmware ROMs With CPU Microcode Removed
Libreboot To Provide New Firmware ROMs With CPU Microcode Removed

CPU microcode updates are commonly done in the name of security fixes and resolving functionality issues.. In recent years, CPU microcode updates have been a much more common -- and important -- occurrence. While all modern CPUs rely on microcode it's just a matter of whether the version used is baked into the hardware or an updated version loaded by the BIOS or OS at boot time, a "vocal minority" of users are unhappy with CPU microcode being included in Libreboot ROMs. Thus moving forward there will be alternative builds of Libreboot for different motherboards with the CPU microcode stripped out in the name of software freedom.

20 June 2023 - Libreboot With No CPU Microcode - 15 Comments
Flashrom Splits Into Two For This Firmware/ROM Flashing Utility
Flashrom Splits Into Two For This Firmware/ROM Flashing Utility

The Flashrom project that serves as an open-source firmware/ROM flashing utility not only for system BIOS/UEFI on motherboards but also capable of flashing firmware for various network / GPU / storage controller cards and other programmable devices has decided to effectively split into two.

23 April 2023 - flashrom + flashrom-stable - 14 Comments
Libreboot Adds Support For The Once Common HP Elite 8200 SFF PC
Libreboot Adds Support For The Once Common HP Elite 8200 SFF PC

The HP Elite 8200 was once popular and very common among workplaces and can still be found used/refurbished for a little more than $100 for this small form factor PC. Libreboot has now added support for the HP Elite 8200 as its newest desktop port for this Intel Sandy Bridge era system.

15 April 2023 - HP Elite 8200 - 12 Comments
Libreboot 20230413 Released With Build System Improvements
Libreboot 20230413 Released With Build System Improvements

Libreboot is the downstream of Coreboot focused on having fully open-source / free software replacements to proprietary BIOS/firmware on x86 and ARM systems. Out today is Libreboot 20230413 as the latest step forward for the project.

13 April 2023 - Libreboot 20230413 - 2 Comments
Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids Code Continues Landing For Coreboot
Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids Code Continues Landing For Coreboot

More Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" code was merged this weekend into Coreboot as part of enabling this latest generation Intel server platform to enjoy this open-source system firmware solution when paired with the necessary Intel FSP binaries.

20 March 2023 - Intel Sapphire Rapids + Coreboot - Add A Comment
Lenovo Begins Supporting LinuxBoot Firmware With ByteDance
Lenovo Begins Supporting LinuxBoot Firmware With ByteDance

This week TikTok-owner ByteDance hosted the CloudFW Open System Firmware Symposium to talk up their open-source firmware work, showcase their industry partnerships, and more. One interesting takeaway is that thanks to the weight of ByteDance, Lenovo is now supporting LinuxBoot in some capacity.

10 March 2023 - Lenovo + LinuxBoot - 19 Comments
Coreboot Adds Support For An ASRock Sandy/Ivy Bridge Era Mini ITX Board
Coreboot Adds Support For An ASRock Sandy/Ivy Bridge Era Mini ITX Board

For those that happen to have an ASRock B75M-ITX in their collection or have just been looking for an old Intel Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge era system that can run the open-source Coreboot firmware, this mini-ITX desktop motherboard can run upstream Coreboot with the latest changes made this week.

7 March 2023 - ASRock B75M-ITX - 1 Comment
Google & Intel Making Progress For More Firmware Flexibility Around FSP Blobs
Google & Intel Making Progress For More Firmware Flexibility Around FSP Blobs

For modern Intel platforms supporting Coreboot whether it be for Chromebooks or on server platforms, they are still beholden to the Intel Firmware Support Package (FSP) binary blobs. But Google and Intel engineers have been working to enable more flexibility around the FSP binaries by being able to optionally reduce the amount of proprietary firmware executed on the CPU, optionally weeding out some of the optional FSP components, and optimizing the status quo to achieve greater boot speeds.

25 February 2023 - Break Up The Blobs! - 3 Comments
MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5 Support Upstreamed To Coreboot
MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5 Support Upstreamed To Coreboot

One of the exciting Coreboot / open-source firmware milestones of 2022 was a Coreboot/Dasharo port to a readily available Intel Alder Lake motherboard from MSI with the port being carried out by consulting firm 3mdeb. That port started with the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 and then more recently focused on the DDR5 variant. That MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5 support has now been upstreamed into mainline Coreboot.

14 January 2023 - MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5 - 11 Comments
Libreboot 20221214 Brings More Arm Chromebooks & ThinkPads
Libreboot 20221214 Brings More Arm Chromebooks & ThinkPads

After a half-year of development, Libreboot 20221214 is now available for this downstream of Coreboot that is focused on software freedom and providing fully open-source firmware support. Libreboot also enhances the experience with an automated build system and other changes in the name of software freedom and being user-friendly.

14 December 2022 - Libreboot - 9 Comments
Coreboot Joins The Open-Source Firmware Foundation
Coreboot Joins The Open-Source Firmware Foundation

Earlier this year the Open-Source Firmware Foundation was created to help advance open firmware development. Today the Coreboot project has officially joined the Open-Source Firmware Foundation.

28 November 2022 - Coreboot + Open-Source FW Foundation - 9 Comments
New Dasharo v1.1 Firmware For The MSI Z690 Board - DDR5 Variant Now Supported, ME Disable
New Dasharo v1.1 Firmware For The MSI Z690 Board - DDR5 Variant Now Supported, ME Disable

One of the exciting open-source milestones this year was Dasharo/Coreboot being ported to a modern Intel Alder Lake Z690 motherboard that is readily available and at a decent price. That work by the open-source firmware engineers at 3mdeb was focused on the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 motherboard while with today's v1.1 release there is also support now for the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR5.

22 November 2022 - Dasharo v1.1 - 7 Comments
Coreboot/Dasharo Being Ported To The MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 Motherboard
Coreboot/Dasharo Being Ported To The MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 Motherboard

Earlier this year Coreboot and the Dasharo downstream were ported to the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 motherboard. This was very exciting in that a current-generation Intel desktop motherboard could run Coreboot and readily available through various Internet retailers. But many inquired about whether the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 variant would see similar support and now that too is being worked on.

20 October 2022 - Coreboot + MSI DDR5 Motherboard - 2 Comments
Libreboot 20220710 Released As Coreboot Downstream Focused On Boot Firmware Freedom

Leah Rowe has announced the release of Libreboot 20220710, the downstream of Coreboot that takes a firm approach to ensure boot firmware freedom with avoiding proprietary blobs even when it means reduced hardware coverage/support. As such with avoiding the likes of the Intel FSP, the supported list of motherboards is quite limited.

10 July 2022 - Libreboot 20220710 - 3 Comments
MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 WiFi Support Begins Landing In Upstream Coreboot
MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 WiFi Support Begins Landing In Upstream Coreboot

The past few months we have been closely covering the Coreboot port to an MSI retail motherboard for Intel Alder Lake. This port carried out by the 3mdeb consulting firm has been with their downstream "Dasharo" firmware based on Coreboot while as of yesterday the motherboard port has begun landing in upstream Coreboot.

8 July 2022 - MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 WiFi - 5 Comments
Dasharo 1.0 Open-Source Firmware Released For MSI Alder Lake Motherboard
Dasharo 1.0 Open-Source Firmware Released For MSI Alder Lake Motherboard

Earlier this year the folks at firmware consulting firm 3mdeb announced a open-source Coreboot port to a retail Intel Alder Lake motherboard. It's very exciting since outside of Chromebooks, IHV reference boards, and custom server platforms at hyperscalers, it's still rare to find Coreboot support on modern, retail boards. That "Dasharo" open-source firmware effort for the MSI Z690-A WiFi DDR4 has come together nicely over a matter of weeks and the developers are now celebrating their v1.0 release.

15 June 2022 - MSI Z690-A WiFi DDR4 - 3 Comments
Coreboot 4.17 Brings New Motherboards, AMD PSB, Doom Game Ported To Run As A Payload
Coreboot 4.17 Brings New Motherboards, AMD PSB, Doom Game Ported To Run As A Payload

Coreboot developers are releasing Coreboot 4.17 today with various new motherboards supported, support for GRUB2 atop SeaBIOS as a payload, and various low-level code improvements too. Plus Coreboot 4.17 brings the "coreDOOM" payload -- yes, it's possible to get the game Doom running atop this system firmware. There is also AMD Platform Secure Boot (PSB) support introduced to Coreboot too.

2 June 2022 - Coreboot 4.17 - 14 Comments
Open-Source Coreboot Port Working On A Retail Intel Alder Lake MSI Motherboard
Open-Source Coreboot Port Working On A Retail Intel Alder Lake MSI Motherboard

When it comes to running open-source Coreboot on retail motherboards it's sadly mostly a matter of generations-old platforms like various AMD Opteron server motherboards, old ThinkPads, many generation old motherboards for out-of-date Intel CPUs, and other dated hardware. To much excitement, 3mdeb has been porting Coreboot and the Dasharo open-source firmware to the MSI PRO Z690-A (DDR4) motherboards... Yes, finally Coreboot on a retail and broadly available motherboard that's latest-generation!

12 April 2022 - Coreboot On ADL-S Retail Board! - 44 Comments

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