jubilant-octo-train

NOTE: Project is in pre-alpha phase.

Provides network bootable Debian Live OS that can seamlessly deploy Dasharo open source firmware.

Features

Dasharo HCL Report

Dasharo Hardware Compatibility List Report dumps most important information about platform and backup SPI NOR flash. Gathered information can be used for future analysis, debugging and recovery. Optionally scripts upload dump to Dasharo HCL Backup Server, so Dasharo Team improve open source firmware product line and support customers in case of issues.

Dasharo HCL Reports are also used during open source firmware port feasibilty analysis, so if you are interested in Dasharo support for you hardware feel free to reach us.

Please note Dasharo HCL Report may contain sensitive information like serial numbers. Please do not make this information public. Dasharo Team treats privacy as much as possible.

Dasharo Blobs Transmission

Unfortunately, some hardware platforms cannot be fully functional without binary blobs in the firmware. Some binary blobs have no EULA or any other licesnse discussing redistributability. To avoid issues Dasharo Blobs Transmission scripts extract blobs from SPI NOR flash backup and patch Dasharo open source firmware before deployment.

coreboot utils

Most distributions do not package coreboot utils. Those utils are crucial to obtain information about platform hardware and firmware. jubilant-octo-train project includes following tools:

• superiotool
• inteltool
• ectool
• msrtool
• nvramtool
• intelp2m
• cbfstool

UEFIExtract

jubilant-octo-train also contain UEFIExtract provided by LongSoft/UEFITool.

Demo

Supported hardware

Dell OptiPlex 7010/9010 SFF

How it works

Project use set ofalive-build scripts to build custom Debian Live that can be network booted using iPXE. Build process produce vmlinuz, initrd and filesystem.squashfs.

Requirements

• Debian 11
• Packages

  sudo apt install live-build
  

Usage

git clone https://github.com/Dasharo/jubilant-octo-train.git
cd jubilant-octo-train
lb config
sudo lb build

Build results will be available:

• binary/live/filesystem.squashfs
• tftpboot/live/vmlinuz
• tftpboot/live/initrd.img

Booting over iPXE

Roadmap

• [] Dasharo HCL Backup Server
• [] Dasharo HCL Backup Server Onion
• [] Dasharo Openess Meter