Watch: AMD openSIL For How AMD Is Working On Open-Source Firmware

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Watch: AMD openSIL For How AMD Is Working On Open-Source Firmware

One of the most exciting open-source software announcements so far this year has been around AMD openSIL for providing open-source CPU silicon initialization that works with the likes of Coreboot. The video from the AMD openSIL announcement in Prague is now available for those interested in learning more about this AMD open-source firmware effort...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-openSIL-Presentation

[uid313]

Sounds good, but I am skeptic.
I think this will only benefit big companies like Meta, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Amazon. It won't benefit any end-users of PC hardware.

[mskarbek]

It won't benefit any end-users of PC hardware.

Raj explicitly states that this will replace all AGESA by the 2026, including client side. AGESA will EOL as a whole, not only on the server side.

[cb88]

Raj explicitly states that this will replace all AGESA by the 2026, including client side. AGESA will EOL as a whole, not only on the server side.

Yeah his whole point that this was to reduce needless work... and chromebooks run Ryzen APUs so it would have to be there at a bare minimum to replace thier AGESA FSP code.

[oiaohm]

Raj explicitly states that this will replace all AGESA by the 2026, including client side. AGESA will EOL as a whole, not only on the server side.

Its one of those tricky things. It may make no difference to your normal end users because all users motherboards may only accept vendor signed firmware with no option to custom. No mean for user to use opensil own version really makes no difference to them if opensil or AGESA is there.

Of course opensil could allow issues to be confirmed if the problem came from what AMD provided to motherboard makers or if the motherboard maker messed with stuff.

[Adarion]

Did he just use a computer with a bitten-into fruit on the label?