Re: [H-source-users] R: h-node and UEFI Secure Boot, how should we move?

[Michał Masłowski]

>> > Is Coreboot with nonfree CPU microcode or VGA BIOS a free
>> > boot firmware?
>
> I have no idea. I'm not too familiar with coreboot.

(I never used Coreboot.)

It isn't, although it could be useful to be able to find motherboards
known to work with it while having these problems.

See
e.g. http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2012-April/069603.html
for details on these problems with recent Intel CPUs.

>> I think we could change it in this way:
>> 
>> can free operating systems be installed?
>> 
>> yes
>> no (please specify in the description entry)
>> not-specified
>> 
>> or better:
>> 
>> yes
>> no, restricted boot issue
>> no, other reason (specify inside the description entry)
>> not-specified
>> 
>
> I agree. That sounds nice. Especially the last one. How about you Micha??

I think restricted boot also needs more details, the first list could be
appropriate.

>> If someone add the "boot firmware section" inside this wiki page:
>> http://www.h-node.org/wiki/page/en/discover-your-hardware
>> then I can add a link to that page
>
> I think Micha? knows much more about boot firmware than me. So, would
> you like to
> write that entry Micha??

Probably anyone who builds and installs Coreboot knows if it's free,
practically all non-YeeLoong machines have nonfree boot firmware by
default.  I don't have any experience that would help with finding if a
machine has free boot firmware.

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