Coreboot on Framework Laptop 16?

[Lux_Balder]

As much as I love the idea of this laptop, I feel like I can not move to it without the safety Coreboot offers
Are there instructions on how to Coreboot this laptop? Or even better can it be done from the factory?

[MJ1]

@Lux_Balder

Are there instructions on how to Coreboot this laptop? Or even better can it be done from the factory?

Coreboot is not an available option at this time.

[RESPONDED] Coreboot on the Framework Laptop

This thread is a wiki. Anyone who has the permission to edit the wiki can edit the first comment. Context This thread started with a topic to ask to open EC firmware and also to use open BIOS firmware, coreboot (Wikipedia). In January 2022, Framework open-sourced their EC firmware (blog). Then this thread became the main thread of the coreboot. Challenges and actions Here is a summary mainly from a coreboot issue ticket to port coreboot to Framework Laptop below. Notes to collaborate with…

[Water261]

Coreboot still doesn’t support AMD either last I checked.

[Lux_Balder]

This laptop you can get with AMD and Coreboot StarFighter 16-inch – Star Labs®
However the Framework 16 is a better laptop for the same price. But if I can not get the Framework 16 I might be forced to go with Starfighters even though the processor is older
Also I don’t think it is available yet but I think in a few years, all AMD processors will be coreboot compatible

[Niko_Cantero]

There has been some movement of Coreboot for the Intel Frameworks, I can’t wait until AMD openSIL comes out tbh.

[Francis]

an interesting article to read about coreboot development for laptop:

Laptop Vendor MALIBAL Suggests Not Supporting Coreboot

[lbohn]

MALI-who?

And a quick double check that today is, in fact, not April 1st.

Due to this experience with < redacted >, we banned the entire country of Germany for life.

They’ve added Austria and Liechtenstein to the German ban for … proximity?

MALIBAL products and services will never under any circumstances ever be available again in Germany, Austria, or Liechtenstein.

Due to this experience with < redacted > we banned the entire country of Poland for life.

Due to this experience with < redacted >, we banned the entire state of Texas for life.

These bans join these already in effect –

The products and services offered on www.malibal.com are not available for purchase by residents of the State of California.

Users are prohibited from accessing this website using any Google products or services.

Users are prohibited from accessing this website using any Apple products or services.

and not surprisingly –

Appeals: Bans are permanent and cannot be appealed under any circumstances.

[Francis]

You forgot to mention they banned anything from AMD too…

All this sounds like corporate suicide to me. But then, as you mentioned, I had never heard of them before so I am unlikely to ever miss them.

Still … it doesn’t give a lot of confidence in coreboot either.

[DHowett]

@Francis

Still … it doesn’t give a lot of confidence in coreboot either.

You aren’t required to give all opinions equal weight or airtime! You can probably safely assume that these people who went out of their way to be difficult to work with (see all above) do not have a valid opinion on a project that requires working with people.

Through that lens, it should impact exactly nobody’s confidence in the Coreboot project.