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Codeberg.org hat dies geteilt.
lj·rk
Als Antwort auf Codeberg.org • • •> However, our motivation to invest time and energy into this device is exhausted and our experience with coreboot and firmware recovering is limited on these modern devices. It would be great if someone could recover the firmware, or, at the very least, use it as a learning opportunity.
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> If you want to give it a try, we hereby offer you the device to take a look. We can hand it over in Berlin, bring it with us to FOSDEM in Brussel or potentially even figure out shipping with you.
Kind of sounds like something for @elly and/or @april?
April The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆
Als Antwort auf lj·rk • • •both berlin and fosdem works. ~~why not both~~
Heres a deal: bring it over to fosdem, and if i manage do to the thing, i get to see codebergs berlin shit
elly
Als Antwort auf April The Pink ⋆☾╶⃝⃤☽⋆ • • •kicks door down, slams backpack on the floor, pulls out non-descriptive plastic box out and a laptop
D-did somebody say coreboot?
(MrChromebox works for StarLabs now, expect firmware quality to get better with upcoming release)
Codeberg.org
Als Antwort auf elly • • •@elly @april @ljrk
Thank you all for the networking. We'll bring the notebook to our stand if you want to take a look, and hope we didn't roast the chip with our experiments already.
elly
Als Antwort auf Codeberg.org • • •Codeberg.org
Als Antwort auf elly • • •@elly
Honestly, I don't know. It's a StarBook MK VI. The chip is very shallow, smaller than in the guide at support.starlabs.systems/kb/gu…. We tried to follow that, but didn't manage to clip on the chip reliably with the equipment we had.
The guides for other models use an FPC cable with a debug port, which is probably the better idea.
They offer a debug kit in the shop, but it's quite expensive (given we probably only need such a cable, a breakout board and the pinout docs) ~f
@april @ljrk
LabTop Mk IV - Installing/recovering firmware with external programmer - Star Labs
support.starlabs.systemselly
Als Antwort auf Codeberg.org • • •So it's SOIC-8, easy-peasy 😀
Those cheap Chinese clips are useless, they fall apart after one use (assuming you even manage to clip it). I'll bring Pomona with me, it'll be a 5-minute job. As long as you haven't reversed the polarity on the chip, it'll be fine
Codeberg.org
Als Antwort auf elly • • •@elly OK, we hope for the best, then.
Note that we had a similar issue (judging from the symptoms only) before and shipped it back to StarLabs. Although they recovered the firmware, they "were not happy with how it was performing after this" and replaced the mainboard. Not sure what they meant exactly by this. Just so you know 😀
@april @ljrk
Serge Matveenko ♻️☮️Ⓐ
Als Antwort auf Codeberg.org • • •On the subject of Crow CI. CI is often viewed as an integral part of a modern forge. I wonder if Codeberg could champion a proper governance for say Crow CI and start a mutually beneficial collaboration with the project synchronizing development efforts.