<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm assuming the core work of booting u-boot and linux on the BMC used on <span style="font-size:12.8px">KGPE-D16 (AST2300?) is usable by both projects. I'll gladly support bringup on a new SoC as long as the patches are headed to mainline linux and u-boot.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div>AFAIK, the only limit on whether IBM OpenBMC can be used is the amount of RAM and flash available. My work on a Quanta Q71L has it booting on an AST2400 with 128MB of RAM and 32MB of flash.</div><div><br></div><div>My concerns with contributing to the campaign are that I don't understand what work is planned and where those changes will end up.</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Timothy Pearson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tpearson@raptorengineering.com" target="_blank">tpearson@raptorengineering.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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On 02/27/2017 03:01 PM, Rick Altherr wrote:<br>
> I replied to Raptor's tweet asking why they preferred Facebook's OpenBMC<br>
> over the IBM one. I find it odd that you are asking developers on the<br>
> latter to fund development for the former.<br>
><br>
> Rick<br>
<br>
</span>Perhaps I should clarify a bit.<br>
<br>
The KGPE-D16 uses an older ASpeed device not supported by either version<br>
of OpenBMC. This ASpeed device is not only limited in computational<br>
power, but ASUS limited the device further in the board design to the<br>
point where we are not sure that the IBM OpenBMC will actually fit or<br>
work without hardware modifications (in fact, I am fairly certain<br>
hardware modifications would be required). Given our past experience<br>
with crowdfunding efforts we prioritized the total project cost over the<br>
more expansive feature set of IBM's OpenBMC in order to get something<br>
functional into the community's hands. We hope that once the larger<br>
community has had a chance to experience software freedom on the BMC<br>
level using lower-cost commercially available hardware that they will<br>
support the manufacturers (such as IBM) that are selling hardware with<br>
OpenBMC available.<br>
<br>
We have also added a stretch goal to the project to initiate a port of<br>
IBM's OpenBMC, built on the common code and reverse engineering efforts<br>
from the base Facebook port. This process is expected to involve<br>
creating new hardware to replace the limited firmware module of the<br>
KGPE-D16, as well as integrating new x86-specific drivers into the<br>
upstream IBM OpenBMC tree. Perhaps this stretch goal is more<br>
interesting to the members on this list?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
- --<br>
Timothy Pearson<br>
Raptor Engineering<br>
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