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A minimal Linux that runs as a coreboot or LinuxBoot ROM payload to provide a secure, flexible boot environment for laptops, workstations and servers.
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Testing on a Toshiba Chromebook 2 ("swanky") #85

Open drvdevd opened 7 years ago

drvdevd commented 7 years ago

I would like to help contribute to this project and I have a few machines to play with.

First of all, I have a Toshiba Chromebook 2 (aka "swanky") on which I've already flashed one of John Lewis' custom SeaBIOS inplementations (see: https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download/), using the 'flashrom' utility from within Chrome OS.

Do you think it would it be possible to flash heads using that utility and is there interest in supporting more than the "core" platforms (seemingly: the Thinkpad and the newer chromebook model)?

Thanks!

osresearch commented 7 years ago

The Swanky has a N2840 CPU, which has VT-x but not VT-d. Most of the focus has been on machines that are a good fit for the Qubes 4.0 HCL, which requires an IOMMU. Which OS are you planning to kexec?

drvdevd commented 7 years ago

I would probably only want to run vanilla Linux, 3.x - 4.x. FreeBSD is on my radar but Im not sure how many peripherals it supports on this machine. I am curious if it would be possible to kexec it though.