[coreboot] Minifree Libreboot D16 server/workstation launched

[Taiidan at gmx.com]

On 01/08/2017 08:12 AM, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:

> Le samedi 07 janvier 2017 à 22:14 -0500, Taiidan at gmx.com a écrit :
>> Ah thanks for the info, I had thought all IBM POWER8 systems had open
>> firmware :(
>> So to confirm, the more reasonably priced S812LC for 4.8K doesn't have
>> it? What a shame.
> The S812LC (codename Habanero) has OpenPOWER support but doesn't have OpenBMC
> support yet, so you can boot the CPU(s) with free software but the BMC can only
> use the non-free system it has preinstalled sofar.
>
> It's not impossible that Habanero support gets added to OpenBMC in the future,
> but it's hard to say when and if it's going to happen.
>
> Cheers,
I see.
I had assumed the difference between both was simply corporate style 
marketing or a different CPU/ram and that IBM had simply opened its own 
firmware rather than making new firmware (why not....weird)

Is it possible to use it without the BMC by installing a graphics card 
or using a serial port? Can it initialize graphics attached to a VM or 
bare metal?

Paul, how do you feel about IBM's customer service? for that much money 
they had better deliver a native english speaking staff who knows what 
they're doing.