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> Open source firmware for what though?

The conference's scope is open source firmware in general, as implied by its name.

> I'm gonna assume this is PC firmware based on the list of players, but I haven't been able to find any conclusive information on the website.

The landing page lists ARM as one of the sponsors. The same page also features a list of projects that are represented at the conference. Quotes from their landing pages follow:

- coreboot is ... on modern computers and embedded systems.

- Trusted Firmware provides a reference implementation of secure software for Armv8-A, Armv9-A and Armv8-M.

- The OpenBMC project is a Linux Foundation project whose goal is to produce a customizable, open-source firmware stack for Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs).

- "oreboot for ARM", "oreboot for RISC-V HiFive Unleashed"

- Welcome to TianoCore, the community supporting an open source implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

- u-bmc is a Linux OS dist ... tailor made for baseboard management controllers.

- U-Boot mentions on their landing page too many architectures and vendors to list here, but here's a few: ARC, M68K, MIPS, Xtensa.




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