06-03-2023 03:55 via news.slashdot.org

Will AMD's 'openSIL' Library Enable Open-Source Silicon Initialization With Coreboot?

Formerly known as LinuxBIOS, coreboot is defined by Wikipedia as "a software project aimed at replacing proprietary firmware (BIOS or UEFI) found in most computers with a lightweight firmware."
Phoronix is wondering if there's about to be a big announcement from AMD:AMD dropped a juicy tid-bit of information to be announced next month with "openSIL" [an open-source AMD x86 silicon initialization library], complete with AMD Coreboot support....
While about a decade ago AMD was big into Coreboot a
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