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| ▲ | zir_blazer 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yes, I know that there are examples in the wild of that kind of AI modding: https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2026/08/fixing-an-emachine... https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/modder-uses-... Coreboot in desktops is perhaps in the best shape it has been in more than a decade because you have the MSI Z690-A/Z790-P series for LGA 1700 (Which were current gen when released, and still viable if you want Intel with DDR4, albeit the boards aren't available in retail anymore) and the recently released port for the MSI B850-P for AM5 Phoenix. It was a major leap from previously, where it only supported ancient platforms or unobtanium reference boards. I bashed Coreboot a lot for that, but now you actually have usable options. Same with Servers, with the Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 for AMD Turin. When was the last time you saw Coreboot running on current gen boards available in retail, if ever? |
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| ▲ | userbinator 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | The last time I looked at Coreboot it didn't have any configuration UI at all ("you have to set the options and recompile/reflash" was the answer I got), which basically makes it next to useless for a regular PC... and apparently it still doesn't. They've already done the hard work of RE'ing and all the hardware-specific stuff; how hard can it be to at least have a simple setup menu? Hopefully someone vibecodes (vibeports?) one in the next little while. (Incidentally this is also one of my gripes with the Intel Macs, wanting to put Linux on one but having zero configurability pre-OS is a huge pain. Meanwhile a standard PC BIOS with the equivalent hardware has plenty of options. Maybe I'll get around to (vibe)porting a regular BIOS to mine...) | | |
| ▲ | trashb 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The menu part is the task of the payload.
If you compile Coreboot with a payload you can get a menu no problem. EDK II, Seabios or grub payloads all support this. If you want to you may want to point your vibes for vibecoding towards making a libpayload universal menu for Coreboot , that way you at least conform with the architecture. | |
| ▲ | zir_blazer 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I was an early user of the Z690-A from 2022 and while it was dull in features, the basics (Boot Menu) were already present. The configuration UI was TianoCore/EDK2: https://youtu.be/eSz2VPH64SE?t=343 https://docs.dasharo.com/dasharo-menu-docs/dasharo-system-fe... I do recall hearing the same thing than you but for those that used SeaBIOS and needed to recompile and reflash just to change boot order... |
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| ▲ | snvzz 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Regarding Coreboot, it is far worse than that. They literally do not care anymore; focus is not on corebooting all the boards, but on serving some sort of commercial "customer". e.g. they do seldom if ever take patches for adding support or fixing issues in older boards. They just sit there ignored. A fork or entire new project with different focus is sorely needed. |
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| ▲ | trashb 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is also the Libreboot which may be of your interest. What I see is that there is a lot of development on Coreboot but it is indeed mostly driven by companies working on their latest platforms. There are not many contributors working on older platforms. Though in my experience the response to patches is relatively quick. |
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| ▲ | gjs278 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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