I managed to get the HEADS firmware to boot my existing fedora install, but only after I reinstalled GRUB2 on that. GRUB2 has nothing to do with the boot process (HEADS uses kexec to directly run a kernel), but apparently HEADS requires its configuration to be present on /boot. Even if I manually set up the kexec_*.txt files on there, it claims that no bootable configuration could be found. Very odd. #linuxboot #firmware
#LinuxBoot
@OhMyGod @bsi @BNetzA @BMWK @EUCommission @digitalcourage ja, weil under #ARM64-Mobilgeräten kein standarditisierter Hartdwaretree vorliegt und alle #Integratoren und #SoC-Vendoren irgendwelche shice zusammenkoksen!
- Mit #AMD64 ist das Hardwareproblem gelöst und #ARM könnte es auch wenn,#UEFI oder zumindest #LinuxBoot genutzt würde und brauchbare #Treiber vorhanden wären!
Ich bin ja für #RightToRepair, #RightToAPI, Verbot.von #Digitalzwang und #Supportpflicht für Hersteller samt Zwangs-#OpenSource-Lizensierung nach #Supportende!
- Gerade die Masse an 100% vermeidbaren #Elektroschrott infolge von #AntiRepairDesign ist absolut inakzeptabel!
@OhMyGod Ja, das ist aber seitens #Google so gewollt denn die wollen es zu #iOS enshittifyen mit Zwangs-#Doxxing aller Entwickler!
- Leider verpennen @bsi, @BNetzA, @BMWK & @EUCommission genau das!
Wenns nach mir ginge wäre #ARM64-#UEFI (oder besser #LinuxBoot auf allen Plattformen) bei #Smartphones vorgeschrieben um diese #Elektroschrott-Produktion zu stoppen!
- Leider gibts auch kaum brauchbare #Aftermarket-Firmware abseits von #LineageOS und ich nutze #Waydroid für #Android-#Apps!
@adingbatponder yes as in the #remite part of it is offline so no #AMT functionality.
- But the general #microcode is still there.
This is called a "#neutered #ManagmentEngine" and "permanently disable" is also an option on commercial #UEFI|s like #ThinkPad.
- Personally I want #LinuxBoot instead of UEFI!
@LunaDragofelis @dborch Ja, und ich bin der Ansicht dass dies durch #Standardisierung gefixt werden kann.
- IMHO sollten Regulierer wie @EUCommission daher #UEFI bzw. #LinuxBoot nee. "NERF" - Unterstützung vorschreiben damit "generische" #ROMs entwickel- und baubar sind.
#ARM - insbesondere #ARM64 - unterstützt das und es wäre daher trivial entsprechend dies zu verlangen.
- Das würde weitaus mehr für die #Umwelt leisten als #USBc als gesetzlicher Standard wenn es darum geht #Elektroschrott zu vermeiden!
My proposal "#LinuxBoot for the #Community" was rejected by @nlnet.
Quite unfortunate, but I got a job again anyway, so I don't depend on it and would have had to pass it on.
If anyone is interested in the idea, please do reach out to me though - there is always another chance to apply, plus @sovtechfund and possibly others.
Het tuig aanpakken!
I just did a full #LinuxBoot from our graphical menu. :D
I just successfully did a `kexec` on the TP-Link M7350 v3 router via `cpu`, using kexec-tools:
cpu-tpl $KEXEC -cf arch/arm/boot/zImage
I.e., we can now #LinuxBoot!
Well, we still need to gain NAND flash support and get the kernel to boot without lk2nd directly, but the PoC is done. :)
cpu-tpl is my script wrapping cpu to set up a namespace and use the fixed IP address. $KEXEC is just the full path to my Arm 32 build of kexec.
If I get any of the grants I applied for, I will do #live streams again for the #development. ✨👩💻✨
Thus far, I asked:
- NLnet to fund #LinuxBoot integration with U-Boot XPL
- OSFF to fund further development of #Intel ME tooling
The former will be much more work.
And the latter would be integrated in https://fiedka.app and @coreboot.
Today, we met with a small group of people working on #LinuxBoot and #Racklet. Starting at Hackerbrücke, we went by the Google Arnulfpost campus that is still being worked on, then got some lunch nearby.
https://realestate.withgoogle.com/arnulfpost/
We continued walking around in the sunshine ☀️ and made up some bogus historical non-facts, chatting around and passing by Lenbachhaus where we stopped for a while to enjoy its garden. Finally, we went toward Marienplatz where we split again to get back home. A fun day! 🥳
@tauon #Microsoft did!
- That's why they pushed for #CensirBoot!
IMHO #USEFI is an irredeemabke #Bloatware and needs to be replaced with #LinuxBoot aka. #NERF!
Currently debugging #BashCoreLX: it boots into CLI on TTY1 as intended, but startx errors pop up due to .Xauthority issues, hostname not found, or X server already running.
Switching to TTY2 and running sudo startx works, LXDE starts fine.
Goal: make TTY1 stay clean CLI-only, no automatic X attempts, no startup errors. Working on suppressing X server noise and managing session permissions.
#Linux #Debian #MinimalLinux #LXDE #TTY #Startx #Xorg #BashCore #LinuxBoot #Debugging
@wolf480pl @cas I just assume they don't want to have to deal with a gazillion of undocumented SBCs that may only get 1 person to once push code that gets accepted, but then "orphaned" and break over time as they may not be willing to build & test every new kernel before release just to enshure it ain't broken!
- Espechally since #ARM doesn't have just a
bootcode.binand #UEFI to boot from, but half a dozen different mechanisms ranging from fixed sector location and -sizes for theinitramfsto #uBOOT & #LinuxBoot, #Coreboot and potentially even #OpenFirmware-style #bootcode...
It's absolute chaos and one of the reasons I didn't even try to build @OS1337 for the #Pi0W as of today...
Oh nice, the kexec patches for RISC-V in https://github.com/horms/kexec-tools have just been merged 2 weeks ago! 🥳
that added support for loading Image files and kexec_file_load
yay #LinuxBoot!
Here is one:
https://book.linuxboot.org/use-cases.html
The #LinuxBoot book keeps growing. :)
"Since bootloaders run before operating systems run, they mostly have UEFI-provided services as APIs to rely on. Therefore, bootloaders do not benefit from modern operating system security features"
Would be cool to see #linuxboot or #coreboot on the @frameworkcomputer #framework12 being worked on when it releases. Wish my eyes didn't haze over when looking at code, otherwise I'd help get it running.
#dailyreport #gentoo #linux #linuxkernel #linuxboot
#installation #osinstallation #microsoft #wifi
OS Installation Memos.
For Gentoo Linux 🐧:
- wifi/bluetooth adapter trigger loading of binary
firmware blobs from installUSB, it is better to remove
it before installation. Driver may be fully opensource
or requre
firmware analspy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers
- Ensure that SSD is supported (NVME) in kernel
- To speedup kernel building disable:
+ Network device support > Ethernet driver support and
Wireless LAN
+ HID - > devices drivers
- Firstly try Legacy BIOS. Don't disable anything in
kernel.
For MS Windows 🪟: configure firewall to block outgoin
and store backups at separate partition.
🤡
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#OpenSource #FirmwareSecurity #Heads #linuxboot #firmware #cybersecurity #qubesos #linux #security #coreboot
Done!
Installation was bumpy… The main issue was that I chose btrfs for /boot, which apparently needs ext4 instead.
Now I am getting this error message during boot, does anyone have any idea about how to solve this? (Please tell me I don’t need to reinstall…)
Apart from that everything seems to be working well! I will conclude the configuration tomorrow.
#Linux #LinuxInstall #Debian #DebianInstall #DebianTrixie #Debian13 #GRUB #LinuxBoot #help #Framework #FrameworkLaptop
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