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% Canoeboot 20231103 released!
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% Leah Rowe in GNU Leah Mode™
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% 3 November 2023
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Introduction
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============
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*This* new release, Canoeboot 20231103, released today 3 November 2023, is
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based on the [Canoeboot 20231101](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20231101.html)
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release - no Libreboot changes have been imported, in this release. The
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previous Canoeboot release was [Canoeboot 20231101](canoeboot20231101.md),
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released on 1 November 2023.
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Canoeboot provides boot firmware for supported x86/ARM machines, starting a
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bootloader that then loads your operating system. It replaces proprietary
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BIOS/UEFI firmware on x86 machines, and provides an *improved* configuration
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on [ARM-based chromebooks](../docs/install/chromebooks.html) supported
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(U-Boot bootloader, instead of Google's depthcharge bootloader). On x86
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machines, the GRUB and SeaBIOS coreboot
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payloads are officially supported, provided in varying configurations per
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machine. It provides an [automated build system](../docs/maintain/) for the
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[configuration](../docs/build/) and [installation](../docs/install/) of coreboot
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ROM images, making coreboot easier to use for non-technical people. You can find
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the [list of supported hardware](../docs/hardware/) in Canoeboot documentation.
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Canoeboot's main benefit is *higher boot speed*,
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[better](../docs/gnulinux/encryption.md)
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[security](../docs/gnulinux/grub_hardening.md) and more
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customisation options compared to most proprietary firmware. As a
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[libre](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn) software project, the code can be
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audited, and coreboot does
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regularly audit code. The other main benefit is [*freedom* to study, adapt and
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share the code](https://writefreesoftware.org/), a freedom denied by most boot
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firmware, but not Canoeboot! Booting Linux/BSD is also [well](../docs/gnulinux/)
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[supported](../docs/bsd/).
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Canoeboot is maintained in parallel with Libreboot, and by the same developer,
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Leah Rowe, who maintains both projects; Canoeboot implements the [GNU Free
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System Distribution Guideline](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html)
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as policy, ensuring that everything in the boot flash is entirely *free software*.
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Work done since last release
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============================
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There have been no code changes whatsoever, on any of the current builds, but
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a major oversight has been corrected.
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Specifically, some binary blobs were *overlooked* by accident, in the previous
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release and the one before that. The following binary blobs were present in
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the last two releases, but have been deleted in *today's* release:
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* `src/coreboot/default/3rdparty/stm/Test/FrmPkg/Core/Init/Dmar.h`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_rdimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_1gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_rdimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_2gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_udimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_1gb.absf`
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* `src/coreboot/fam15h_udimm/src/vendorcode/intel/fsp1_0/baytrail/absf/minnowmax_2gb.absf`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_err.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gap.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gatt.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gattc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_gatts.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_hci.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_l2cap.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_ranges.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/ble_types.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error_sdm.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_error_soc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_nvic.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_sdm.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_soc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf_svc.h`
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* `src/pico-sdk/lib/tinyusb/hw/mcu/nordic/nrf5x/s140_nrf52_6.1.1_API/include/nrf52/nrf_mbr.h`
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Thanks go to Craig Topham, who is the Copyright and Licensing Associate at the
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Free Software Foundation; you can find his entry on the [FSF staff
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page](https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board). Craig is the one who reported
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these.
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The Canoeboot 20231026 and 20231101 release tarballs will not be altered, but
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errata has now been added to the announcement pages for those releases, to let
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people know of the above issue.
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Those files, listed above, have been removed in today's release.
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Hardware supported in this release
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==================================
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All of the following are believed to *boot*, but if you have any issues,
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please contact the Canoeboot project. They are:
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### Servers (AMD, x86)
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- [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](../docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md)
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- [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kgpe-d16.md)
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Desktops (AMD, Intel, x86)
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-----------------------
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- [Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard](../docs/hardware/ga-g41m-es2l.md)
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- [Acer G43T-AM3](../docs/hardware/acer_g43t-am3.md)
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- [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](../docs/hardware/d510mo.md)
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- [Apple iMac 5,2](../docs/hardware/imac52.md)
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- [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kcma-d8.md)
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- [Intel D945GCLF](../docs/hardware/d945gclf.md)
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### Laptops (Intel, x86)
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- **[Dell Latitude E6400](../docs/hardware/e6400.md) (easy to flash, no disassembly, similar
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hardware to X200/T400)**
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- ThinkPad X60 / X60S / X60 Tablet
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- ThinkPad T60 (with Intel GPU)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 Tablet](../docs/hardware/x200.md)
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- Lenovo ThinkPad X301
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R400](../docs/hardware/r400.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S](../docs/hardware/t400.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad W500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R500](../docs/hardware/r500.md)
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- [Apple MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1](../docs/hardware/macbook21.md)
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### Laptops (ARM, with U-Boot payload)
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- [ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 (gru-bob)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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- [Samsung Chromebook Plus (v1) (gru-kevin)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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Downloads
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=========
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You can find this release on the downloads page. At the time of this
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announcement, some of the rsync mirrors may not have it yet, so please check
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another one if your favourite one doesn't have it.
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Errata
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======
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Update on 12 November 2023:
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---------------------------
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This file was also overlooked, and is still present in the release tarball:
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* `src/vendorcode/amd/agesa/f12/Proc/GNB/Nb/Family/LN/F12NbSmuFirmware.h`
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This has now been removed, in the Canoeboot git repository (`cbmk.git`), and
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this file will absent, in the next release after Canoeboot 20231107. Thanks go
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to Denis Carikli who reported this. The patch to fix it is here:
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<https://codeberg.org/canoeboot/cbmk/commit/70d0dbec733c5552f8cd6fb711809935c8f3d2f3>
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