lbmk.git/blobs/t1650, branch 25.04_branch libreboot build system (LibreBoot MaKe) move ifd/gbe configs into config/ifd/ 2023-09-04T00:38:08+00:00 Leah Rowe leah@libreboot.org 2023-09-04T00:17:23+00:00 03788d14fb0dd79b38817d5a40f1c5c2017f4551 it doesn't really make sense for them to be under blobs/ - nominally, they are blobs, but they are well-understood data files containing config data, that is easily parsed by tools like ich9show or ifdtool (and tools like bincfg or nvmutil) blobs/ has been re-purposed: this directory no longer exists in lbmk, but it is created (and on .gitignore) when needed, by blobutil thus, the blobs/ directory shall only contain vendor files, and only those files that libreboot scrubs from releases. therefore, build/release/src can (and has been) simplified; it currently copies just the ifd and gbe files from blobs/, selectively, and this logic is quite error prone, requiring maintenance. now, the build/release/src script simply copies config/ (which only ever contains distributable files) and entirely ignores the blobs/ directory the blob download script already creates the required directory, except for the sch5545 download; this is now fixed lbmk code size is slightly smaller, due to this patch Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org> 
it doesn't really make sense for them to be under
blobs/ - nominally, they are blobs, but they are
well-understood data files containing config data,
that is easily parsed by tools like ich9show or
ifdtool (and tools like bincfg or nvmutil)

blobs/ has been re-purposed: this directory no longer
exists in lbmk, but it is created (and on .gitignore)
when needed, by blobutil

thus, the blobs/ directory shall only contain vendor
files, and only those files that libreboot scrubs from
releases. therefore, build/release/src can (and has
been) simplified; it currently copies just the ifd and
gbe files from blobs/, selectively, and this logic is
quite error prone, requiring maintenance. now, the
build/release/src script simply copies config/ (which
only ever contains distributable files) and entirely
ignores the blobs/ directory

the blob download script already creates the required
directory, except for the sch5545 download; this is
now fixed

lbmk code size is slightly smaller, due to this patch

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
NEW BOARD: Dell Precision T1650 2023-08-14T08:37:07+00:00 Leah Rowe leah@libreboot.org 2023-08-11T13:50:17+00:00 f9afeb6feb289003359790e820d7e7d918937fea Very nice ivybridge board that supports ECC RAM. NOTE: I couldn't get onboard graphics working yet, but this was confirmed working with a graphics card (in my case nvidia quadra k420) booted in text mode on the SeaBIOS payload. The GRUB payload also works, when loaded from SeaBIOS. Therefore, this is a SeaBIOS-only board (as far as first payload is concerned), but you can pick GRUB from the menu. You could make it "GRUB-only" in practise by setting SeaBIOS boot order to only load GRUB, and disable the SeaBIOS menu. We refer to this as "SeaGRUB". I've made lbmk use biosutilities and uefiextract, to get at the SMSC SCH5545 Environmental Control (EC) firmware. This firmware is needed for fan control. This is automatically downloaded and extracted, from Dell UEFI firmware updates. As with other blobs such as Intel ME, this firmware is then scrubbed by the release build scripts. The blobutil "inject" script can be used to re-insert it. Of note: there is no fixed offset, but no other blobs to be inserted in CBFS either, so the offset when re-inserting on release ROMs should still be the same, and thus the ROM checksums should match, when running blobutil inject. Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org> 
Very nice ivybridge board that supports ECC RAM.
NOTE: I couldn't get onboard graphics working yet, but
this was confirmed working with a graphics card (in my
case nvidia quadra k420) booted in text mode on the SeaBIOS
payload. The GRUB payload also works, when loaded from SeaBIOS.
Therefore, this is a SeaBIOS-only board (as far as first payload
is concerned), but you can pick GRUB from the menu.

You could make it "GRUB-only" in practise by setting SeaBIOS
boot order to only load GRUB, and disable the SeaBIOS menu.
We refer to this as "SeaGRUB".

I've made lbmk use biosutilities and uefiextract, to
get at the SMSC SCH5545 Environmental Control (EC) firmware.
This firmware is needed for fan control. This is automatically
downloaded and extracted, from Dell UEFI firmware updates.

As with other blobs such as Intel ME, this firmware is then
scrubbed by the release build scripts. The blobutil "inject"
script can be used to re-insert it.

Of note: there is no fixed offset, but no other blobs to
be inserted in CBFS either, so the offset when re-inserting
on release ROMs should still be the same, and thus the ROM
checksums should match, when running blobutil inject.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>