AMD Is Making Progress On Open-Source Firmware - Initially With OpenBMC

[uid313]

Vendors are dragging their knuckles when it comes to open source firmware. I wish Google not only required open source firmware for Chromebooks, but also for Android devices.
I wish Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon required open source firmware too. Intel and AMD are not doing enough. The motherboard manufacturers are really bad too.

[doublez13]

Been seeing articles like this for years, but these projects never seem to trickle down to end user devices.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Is Making Progress On Open-Source Firmware - Initially With OpenBMC

While we are still waiting to see what AMD might do for returning to open-source AGESA or better supporting Coreboot and the like, they are making some inroads with open-source firmware support -- beyond the context of Chromebooks where they continue to engage due to Google's engineering requirements. AMD is working to "align with the industry direction of open-source firmware stacks" with their initial focus being on open-source OpenBMC firmware support for their server platforms...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-OpenBMC-2020-Progress