From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 03:49:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E67CF1FA for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 03:49:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x232.google.com (mail-wg0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76EA564F70 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 03:49:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id a1so12509975wgh.9 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:48:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=h3n4QMx4jyWoI/ezTZxkOVhvhK4Il9j5rcSJRpwchi0=; b=fOFsIGiWfunnZPZAfbImN6PfjhjzLAWW868goUP3PIexlJjbDRVLFnbOoWQGHs9aNP HfPr6BvfaQBIAFfXSBSdLMNoJ8FlOUk9szbCPiuOBUccvTqoJZOEvgVsvA44LzN36a68 awz5VwJTQpFNfMwkUy5GYJWQH6Nk/llzM7Dau6lAA48IYslvE5Yz3ZoELgKC91TkfSF7 vHLZfg/ub/AKXvwJRIAVd+prxHsN5ESGM4PgUtzVOan6xvR4lRzlJoaY/DrSFKEVgZ9D FEc5CWTy/66/OOJkQ4AMPgxaYWe1zHzImyu5TblhKpeB3vp9lVX2xIzEuZow1uC+M1xF XA6g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.85.83 with SMTP id f19mr70609090wjz.20.1419479338926; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:48:58 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.195 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:48:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:48:58 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PTksi9z1hYRE3D81y9gmBnu523A Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Acer C710 Chromebook From: Adrian Chadd To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 03:49:01 -0000 On 24 December 2014 at 19:25, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> It turns out that what I thought was a C720 here is a C710. So I'm in >> your boat. The default firmware doesn't include SeaBIOS, so it'd be >> nice to get some actual directions on how to update things to support >> that. >> >> So if you're able to help me get directions for updating the firmware >> on this thing to include SeaBIOS, I'll go through and figure out the >> rest of the stuff based on what work has already been done for the >> C720. > > > This is one location I found: > > https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/faq/ > > It's probably too late for me to get the C710 myself, now. I think we should focus on the C720, get that stuff into -HEAD and tested, then work on the newer Bay Trail stuff. Unfortunately we're still lacking a graphics stack for it. :( -adrian