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Feature request: ASUS KCMA-D8 workstation/server board port to Heads

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Description

The ASUS KGPE-D16 board is supported by Heads for nearly 2 years.
[#134](https://github.com/osresearch/heads/issues/134).

Is it difficult to do the same with its little brother ASUS KCMA-D8 which has pretty much the same platform ?

This completely blob-free board works nice and very stable with Coreboot 4.11 and will be hopefully supported again with next coreboot release 4.13.

I think these great boards are important to Heads, Coreboot and Libreboot and on my opinion those boards are primarly responsible for the great popularity of these three projects in the past 5 years.

See also:
https://www.reddit.com/r/coreboot/comments/dz0bkf/boards_like_asus_kgped16_the_most_powerful
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/dz2hlt/boards_like_asus_kgped16_the_most_powerful

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Research direction

The issue points to existing ASUS KGPE-D16 support in Heads via issue #134 and mentions coreboot 4.11 and 4.13, but names no files or tests. Start by locating the KGPE-D16 support and checking current coreboot support for KCMA-D8. Done means the KCMA-D8 is supported by Heads and the board boots reliably.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
build-system, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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