OSF vPub (vBeer) - what a fun event!
Published at July 1, 2021 · Mike Banon · 2 min read
Our 2nd OSF vPub gathering was really fun and interesting - together with Richard Stallman as our honored guest!...
Categories: firmware miscellaneous
fwupd on FreeBSD - Status Update
Published at June 14, 2021 · Michał Kopeć · 5 min read
As the fwupd port for FreeBSD nears completion, let's take a look at the biggest challenges we faced and how we managed to overcome them....
Categories: firmware
Open Compute Open System Firmware (OCP OSF) and its' importance
Published at June 10, 2021 · Piotr Król · 6 min read
Let's figure out what is OCP Open System Firmware, see how it relates to the Open Source Firmware (OSF) - and why it is important for your company to have one running on your product....
Categories: firmware miscellaneous
Dell OptiPlex and coreboot - a story about porting cursed hardware (part 2)
Published at June 1, 2021 · Michał Żygowski · 10 min read
This post is a second part of the series which tells a story about porting Dell OptiPlex 9010 workstation to open-source firmware - coreboot. What was simple is long past us in the first part of the series. This time we are taking a deeper dive into the technical aspects of Environmental Controller reverse engineering and locating the problem with machine not booting after AC loss....
Categories: firmware
First impressions on the beta BeagleV - affordable RISC-V SBC
Published at May 6, 2021 · Maciej Pijanowski · 11 min read
BeagleV is the first affordable RISC-V SBC designed to run Linux. It is fully open-source with open-source software, open hardware design and RISC-V open architecture. This blog post presents the basic functionality of the first batch of the available beta samples released to the community....
Right to Repair - and why is it important?
Published at April 30, 2021 · Mike Banon · 4 min read
Let's observe the struggles of today's repairman, why a right to repair is important and how 3mdeb can help....
Categories: firmware hardware miscellaneous
Yocto Project and its components as the Reference OS for Dasharo
Published at April 22, 2021 · Maciej Pijanowski · 4 min read
Let's dive into the most frequently asked questions regarding Dasharo products based on Yocto Project - this blog post will answer what is Yocto and what are the reasons for choosing such a solution...
Thoughts on OSFC 2020 – day 2 and 3
Published at April 14, 2021 · Kamila Banecka · 8 min read
Lets share some thoughts that evolved during the OSFC 2020 talks and send kudos to many people who made this conference happen....
Categories: firmware
The backdoor to your firmware 2
Published at March 25, 2021 · Anastazja Lapanova · 6 min read
Firmware vulnerabilities in the light of recent attacks as a backdoor of the firmware - part 2...
Creating ports for BSD distributions
Published at March 15, 2021 · Norbert Kamiński · Piotr Konkol · 8 min read
In this blog post, we will present how to build packages for FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Also, we will show you how to create CI for FreeBSD distribution with the use of GitHub action....
Categories: firmware
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