From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: GuixSD and free hardware Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:01:52 -0400 Message-ID: <87twpqdcpb.fsf@netris.org> References: <87a8rjusbn.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35509) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7Sa-0002iL-Gv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:02:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zn7SW-0003Zw-HJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:02:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a8rjusbn.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:32:28 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Hello! > > Gammel Holte skribis: > >> I would like to draw your attention to new Rockchip ARM machines (e.g. A= sus >> C201). These are very cheap, easy to reflash and can be run without any >> blobs (except 3D acceleration, unless the Lima driver gets finished). Th= ey >> don't even need CPU microcdes. Paul Kocialkowski (of Replicant fame) >> recently added Libreboot support to the C201 [1]. >> >> In my opinion, it'd be really nice to have GuixSD polished on this >> architecture, so that users can buy one and get things going with minimal >> effort. Sort of a few reference devices like what BSD does with some >> Thinkpads. If running linux-libre, and wishing to have libreboot as a >> bootloader, there are not that many choices. > > I think many of us are interested in having GuixSD on those devices. > > Mark recently ported GuixSD to mips, which allowed him to identify > architecture-specific assumptions need to be addressed. That was an > important first step. > > There=E2=80=99s also the question of whether we can use GRUB on these pla= tforms, > since GuixSD pretty much relies on it. Latest GRUB reportedly works on > (some) ARM platforms: > . If I understand correctly, GRUB has been ported to the 'arm-uboot' platform, but not yet 'arm-coreboot'. > It would be good to see if GRUB can be used as the LibreBoot payload on > the C201, as a replacement for =E2=80=98depthcharge=E2=80=99. I guess this won't be possible until either GRUB is ported to 'arm-coreboot', or u-boot is ported to the C201. Mark