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<title>coreboot: update latitude release status</title>
<updated>2024-05-04T03:58:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-04T03:58:20+00:00</published>
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working s3 means i'm happy to mark it as being stable.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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working s3 means i'm happy to mark it as being stable.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>correct dell latitude status for release</title>
<updated>2024-05-01T05:29:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-01T05:29:09+00:00</published>
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it should be marked unstable, though these machines
are basically reliable; they have certain missing features
and quirky behaviour so it's important not to over-sell it

mark it as unstable, on all of the dell latitudes

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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it should be marked unstable, though these machines
are basically reliable; they have certain missing features
and quirky behaviour so it's important not to over-sell it

mark it as unstable, on all of the dell latitudes

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>set dell latitudes stable for release</title>
<updated>2024-05-01T04:56:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-01T04:56:42+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>Set status=unstable on dell latitudes</title>
<updated>2024-04-27T14:08:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-04-27T14:01:31+00:00</published>
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also warn about issues, in a warn.txt file for each.

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also warn about issues, in a warn.txt file for each.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>build/roms: report status when building images</title>
<updated>2024-04-26T19:36:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-04-26T18:41:00+00:00</published>
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export LBMK_VERSION_TYPE=x
x can be: stable, unstable

in target.cfg files, specify:
status=x
x can be: stable, unstable, broken, untested
if unset, lbmk defaults to "unknown"

if LBMK_VERSION_TYPE is set, no confirmation is asked
if the given target matches what's set (but what's set
in that environmental variable can only be stable or
unstable)

if LBMK_RELEASE="y", no confirmation is asked, unless
the target is something other than stable/unstable

"unstable" means it works, but has a few non-breaking
bugs, e.g. broken s3 on dell e6400

whereas, if raminit regularly fails or it is so absolutely
unreliable as to be unusable, then the board should be
declared "broken"

untested means: it has not been tested

With this change, it should now be easier to track whether
a given board is tested, in preparation for releases. When
working on trees/boards, status can be set for targets.

Also: in the board directory, you can add a "warn.txt" file
which will display a message. For example, if a board has a
particular quirk to watch out for, write that there. The message
will be printed during the build process, to stdout.

If status is anything *other* than stable, or it is unstable
but LBMK_VERSION_TYPE is not set to "unstable", and not building
a release, a confirmation is passed.

If the board is not specified as stable or unstable, during
a release build, the build is skipped and the ROM is not
provided in that release; this is in *addition* to
release="n" or release="y" that can be set in target.cfg,
which will skip the release build for that target if "n"

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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export LBMK_VERSION_TYPE=x
x can be: stable, unstable

in target.cfg files, specify:
status=x
x can be: stable, unstable, broken, untested
if unset, lbmk defaults to "unknown"

if LBMK_VERSION_TYPE is set, no confirmation is asked
if the given target matches what's set (but what's set
in that environmental variable can only be stable or
unstable)

if LBMK_RELEASE="y", no confirmation is asked, unless
the target is something other than stable/unstable

"unstable" means it works, but has a few non-breaking
bugs, e.g. broken s3 on dell e6400

whereas, if raminit regularly fails or it is so absolutely
unreliable as to be unusable, then the board should be
declared "broken"

untested means: it has not been tested

With this change, it should now be easier to track whether
a given board is tested, in preparation for releases. When
working on trees/boards, status can be set for targets.

Also: in the board directory, you can add a "warn.txt" file
which will display a message. For example, if a board has a
particular quirk to watch out for, write that there. The message
will be printed during the build process, to stdout.

If status is anything *other* than stable, or it is unstable
but LBMK_VERSION_TYPE is not set to "unstable", and not building
a release, a confirmation is passed.

If the board is not specified as stable or unstable, during
a release build, the build is skipped and the ROM is not
provided in that release; this is in *addition* to
release="n" or release="y" that can be set in target.cfg,
which will skip the release build for that target if "n"

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>update coreboot/dell to same rev as default</title>
<updated>2024-01-25T16:09:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-25T15:58:29+00:00</published>
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re-use the same patches, and drop the same patches.

this tree uses hell's special ddr2 fix, which we apply
for the dell latitude e6400.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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re-use the same patches, and drop the same patches.

this tree uses hell's special ddr2 fix, which we apply
for the dell latitude e6400.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>update/trees: further simplify crossgcc handling</title>
<updated>2023-12-27T16:07:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-27T15:18:21+00:00</published>
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arch no longer needs to be set, on multi-tree projects,
and it has been renamed to xarch

the new behaviour is: if xarch is set, treat it as a
list of crossgcc targets and go through the list. set
the first one as the target, for what lbmk builds, but
build all of the defined crossgccc targets

crossgcc_ada is now xlang, and defines which languages
to build, rather than whether to build gcc-gnat

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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arch no longer needs to be set, on multi-tree projects,
and it has been renamed to xarch

the new behaviour is: if xarch is set, treat it as a
list of crossgcc targets and go through the list. set
the first one as the target, for what lbmk builds, but
build all of the defined crossgccc targets

crossgcc_ada is now xlang, and defines which languages
to build, rather than whether to build gcc-gnat

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>don't delete microcode updates in rom images</title>
<updated>2023-12-23T06:59:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-23T06:54:56+00:00</published>
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at present, lbmk can remove microcode updates on images for
a given target, if the target specifies
microcode_required="n" in target.cfg

lbmk then provides images with microcode, and images without,
in a given release. although the user can also remove them
manually, this just makes it a bit more convenient, for those
users who do wish to run without the updates. this functionality
is provided only on those platforms where no-microcode is tested.

well, this behaviour implements a compromise on libreboot policy,
which is to always include microcode updates by default. see:
Binary Blob Reduction Policy

the *canoeboot* project now exists, developed in parallel with
libreboot, and it ships without microcode updates, on the same
targets where lbmk also handled this.

running without microcode updates is foolish, and should not
be encouraged. clean up lbmk by not providing this kludge.

the libreboot documentation will be updated, telling such users
to try canoeboot instead, or to remove the update from a given
libreboot rom - this is still possible, and mitigations such as
PECI disablement on GM45 are still in place (and will be kept),
so that this continues to work well.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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at present, lbmk can remove microcode updates on images for
a given target, if the target specifies
microcode_required="n" in target.cfg

lbmk then provides images with microcode, and images without,
in a given release. although the user can also remove them
manually, this just makes it a bit more convenient, for those
users who do wish to run without the updates. this functionality
is provided only on those platforms where no-microcode is tested.

well, this behaviour implements a compromise on libreboot policy,
which is to always include microcode updates by default. see:
Binary Blob Reduction Policy

the *canoeboot* project now exists, developed in parallel with
libreboot, and it ships without microcode updates, on the same
targets where lbmk also handled this.

running without microcode updates is foolish, and should not
be encouraged. clean up lbmk by not providing this kludge.

the libreboot documentation will be updated, telling such users
to try canoeboot instead, or to remove the update from a given
libreboot rom - this is still possible, and mitigations such as
PECI disablement on GM45 are still in place (and will be kept),
so that this continues to work well.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>build/roms: remove modify_coreboot_rom()</title>
<updated>2023-12-21T19:26:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-21T19:03:49+00:00</published>
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don't handle "romtype" at all, in board target.cfg files

add /dev/null as pike2008 rom on amd boards. this serves
the same purpose, adding them as empty vga roms, to add
an empty rom in cbfs. pike2008 cards cause seabios to hang,
when their oproms are executed, so we insert a fake rom

on i945 thinkpads, use the coreboot config option:
CONFIG_INTEL_ADD_TOP_SWAP_BOOTBLOCK

when set, this enables the same bootblock copy, for use
with bucts. these two cases, namely pike2008 roms and
i945 bootblock copies, no longer need to be handled in code

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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don't handle "romtype" at all, in board target.cfg files

add /dev/null as pike2008 rom on amd boards. this serves
the same purpose, adding them as empty vga roms, to add
an empty rom in cbfs. pike2008 cards cause seabios to hang,
when their oproms are executed, so we insert a fake rom

on i945 thinkpads, use the coreboot config option:
CONFIG_INTEL_ADD_TOP_SWAP_BOOTBLOCK

when set, this enables the same bootblock copy, for use
with bucts. these two cases, namely pike2008 roms and
i945 bootblock copies, no longer need to be handled in code

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>update/trees: simplified crossgcc handling</title>
<updated>2023-12-21T14:18:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-21T10:48:07+00:00</published>
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only call crossgcc for coreboot and u-boot, but use
hostcc for everything else. simplify the checking of
which architecture to compile for. "arch" in target.cfg
files has been modified, to allow further simplification.

without this patch, the logic currently only *barely* avoids
using crossgcc on things like utils, and only works in practise
because, in practise, lbmk only works on x86_64 anyway.

the new logic, as per this patch, is simpler and more robust.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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only call crossgcc for coreboot and u-boot, but use
hostcc for everything else. simplify the checking of
which architecture to compile for. "arch" in target.cfg
files has been modified, to allow further simplification.

without this patch, the logic currently only *barely* avoids
using crossgcc on things like utils, and only works in practise
because, in practise, lbmk only works on x86_64 anyway.

the new logic, as per this patch, is simpler and more robust.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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