On Thu, 20 May 2021 01:04:06 -0400 Stefan Monnier <monn...@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
