Subrata Banik

MicroPython as a full Python compiler and runtime that runs on the bare-metal, presents very light weight use cases of executable scripts for microcontrollers and embedded devices today. It is useful and beneficiary because python script can be executed without having a fully running operating system such as Linux/Windows. This presentation talks about some work done in enabling MicroPython in Coreboot with libpayload, and some potential future use case enabling that can comes with it. The platform that was used for this enabling activity is x86 QEMU. Currently coreboot limits the update of certain FSP related boot parameters during compile time only. This limits developers/advanced user to make changes rapidly. Idea here is to have Micropython based UI which allows user to modify boot parameters without having to re-compile the code. Micropython can be run as alternative payload so it doesn't hinder current user experience but can provide useful tool to developers to tinker multiple parameters without re-compiling code multiple times.

Other people: Loo Tung Lun Maulik Lean Sheng Tan Maurice Ma

coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems. The fact that BIOS or Intel firmware touches many restricted register settings which are not exposed to the external world is one of the major challenges for coreboot and that is being addressed by FSP (firmware support package) like binary blob solutions. Any coreboot project can be split into three parts • SoC – This section contains all components/IP initialization code. • Mainboard – OxM boards, build based on underlying SoC support. • FSP – Intel Firmware Support package to abstract all restricted soc registers from open source world and kept inside a binary blob. This paper will explain how the open source community can use FSP 2.0 to create their mainboard based ports based on a supported SoC.