Porting heads to Galago Pro 5, built ROM fails to boot
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Description
## Context of the Build
**1. What board are you trying to build?**
Trying to port heads to a new board, the system76 galp5 which is already supported by coreboot.
**2. What repository:branch are you using to build from?**
- [ X] Heads:Master
- [ ] Other (please specify)
**3. What version of coreboot are you trying to build**
4.22.01
**4. In building the rom where did you get the blobs?**
- [ ] No blobs required
- [ ] Provided by the company that installed Heads on the device
- [ ] Extracted from a backup rom taken from this device
- [ ] Extracted from another backup rom taken from another device (please identify the board model)
- [ ] Extracted from the online bios using the automated tools provided in Heads
- [ ] I don't know
- [X] Provided by system board manufacturer
**5. If using the automated tools to get the blobs did you run the relevant scripts in the blobs directory**
- [ ] Yes
- [ ] No
**6. What operating system are you using**
Debian 11
## Please describe the problem
No errors during build process, but boots into black screen. Unsure what steps to take to troubleshoot at this point.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Build rom
2. flash using hardware programmer
3. reboot
**Expected behavior**
Boot to Heads first time boot screen
**Screenshots**
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**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here.
[heads_build.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/16768085/heads_build.log)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing heads_build.log and the reported Galago Pro 5 build context, then compare the generated ROM and boot path with a supported board. Reproduce the hardware-programmer flash and gather boot diagnostics; the work is complete when the ROM reaches the expected Heads first-boot screen.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100