From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon May 27 22:01:25 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECFC915AC577; Mon, 27 May 2019 22:01:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ot1-f44.google.com (mail-ot1-f44.google.com [209.85.210.44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89DE5886B5; Mon, 27 May 2019 22:01:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ot1-f44.google.com with SMTP id t24so15910049otl.12; Mon, 27 May 2019 15:01:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qXMSqqMbSE2mwi/e2dY2kunlogGixg4YbG4sZipczio=; b=BAkvVmhi5ZKCN+Ace3vL/JCIiS/iwSXmMBNIBDkoruWrGc5vUF6ON7PdvpV1NsrNOw 9ZrgMDpsDvG2R2q/RAsnQJqZEqJxPFxjWOJeUkQm3QN3k+p8ueQylh/Lqn7MOFVlsPam EW+rLis5eJM5Os2hFm7iOcWIRXezazKhukWCFLI8RrAjcZs+cXWO1D1MHxnEIYr3OEeL q6zl74gmXIomufEB0fDZBYSR3ilejX3mzBfLI9v9fRaF3N0lVD/FSY6Z2QfP/WJeek79 9LkW4eVJDxi6yXe5gPupD3RbbXLa9m9vlMrA8AOAuM+lTley57elejLC39PPIdmyGBZC kHig== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXHVA6MYrm3OAIrDGZfCTUgteK7bcyhxqq+UVH5ysU5Hx+FJE1s K9hdtg7seh6XQyQ+4PqkPNstxPwlp94TChWZgkI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwg/8pzPsFcTF1ZTXhOGkhcNtJdaGFLRymLlUYYqigcdVw1lMgQW+QQjYB4KKxv+TpKHgmpKN21Cr+eie9ItS4= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7d9a:: with SMTP id j26mr14776408otn.102.1558994034336; Mon, 27 May 2019 14:53:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4a6b0f1e-64ec-6b83-b43b-f9791ec8428f@metricspace.net> In-Reply-To: <4a6b0f1e-64ec-6b83-b43b-f9791ec8428f@metricspace.net> From: Edward Napierala Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 22:53:42 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Coreboot To: Eric McCorkle Cc: FreeBSD Current , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 89DE5886B5 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.963,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 22:01:25 -0000 On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 16:14, Eric McCorkle wrote: [..] > My plan is roughly this: > > * Refurbish the GRUB port, get it working again in QEMU (possibly on one > of my machines), also possibly push a patch to GRUB to use the keybufs > mechanism to pass in GELI keys. > > * Get coreboot with GRUB/Seabios booting FreeBSD in QEMU > > * Possibly create a coreboot port (uncertain how this would work, since > Coreboot has its own extensive config menu) > > * Hold my breath and test it out on real hardware (I have a Librem 13 r1 > for this purpose) > > * Possibly try getting the FreeBSD kernel to work as a coreboot payload. Out of curiosity - why the kernel and not loader(8)?