I-Libreboot version 25.04, ebizwa ngokuba yi "Corny Calamity", ngoku iyafumaneka kubasebenzisi be-firmware simahla kunye nabathandi. Olu hlaziyo alwazisi nje kuphela inkqubo yoguqulelo ehlaziyiweyo esekwe kwifomathi yonyaka.inyanga (YY.MM), kodwa ikwaphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo ngokuba sisiqalo sokuqala sokwamkela igama lekhowudi. Ngale nto, iprojekthi ihambela ekucaceni ngakumbi kumjikelo wayo wokukhululwa kunye nolawulo lophononongo.
I-Libreboot iyaqhubeka nophuhliso lwayo njenge uvule ngokupheleleyo umthombo we-BIOS/UEFI endaweni, ejolise kubasebenzisi abafuna ukulahla i-firmware yobunikazi kwiikhompyuter ezithile ze-x86 kunye ne-ARM. Uluntu luyayiqaqambisa loo nto Oku kukhutshwa kwe-25.04 kukukhutshwa kovavanyo, inconywa ngokukodwa kubasebenzisi abanamava, njengoko inguqulo elandelayo ezinzileyo kulindeleke ukuba ifike ngoJuni.
Iimpawu ezintsha eziyimfuneko kwi-Libreboot 25.04
Phakathi kweenguqu eziphawulekayo kwi-Libreboot 25.04 kukwandiswa kokuhambelana neebhodi zomama ezintsha, phakathi kwazo inkxaso yemodeli ye-Acer Q45T-AM. Ukongezelela, zombini i-G43T-AM3 kunye ne-Q45T-AM ziye zafumana ukuphuculwa kokulungelelaniswa nokulawulwa kwendawo ye-GbE, ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza kakuhle kwe-port ye-Ethernet kunye nokufumanisa ubungakanani obuchanekileyo be-ROM.
Inkqubo yokwakha iye yahlaziywa kwaye yavavanywa kwi-distribution ehamba phambili njengeDebian 12.10 "Bookworm", iDebian Sid (kubandakanywa neGCC 15 yamva nje), kunye Fedora 42, eyenza umsebenzi ube lula kakhulu kubo bobabini abasebenzisi kunye nabaphuhlisi. Eli phulo lokuqinisekisa ulwakhiwo kwezona ndawo zale mihla liqinisekisa ukuba iprojekthi ihlala ifanelekile kwaye isebenza.
Amacandelo omeleziweyo kunye nokhuseleko
Kule nguqulo kugqame oku kulandelayo: uhlaziyo olukhulu kumacandelo abalulekileyo:
- Ulwandle Ihlaziywe kuhlaziyo 9029a010 (Matshi 2025).
- Inkwili ihlaziywe (ingakumbi kwizixhobo ze-ARM64) ukuya kwinguqulo 2025.04.
- Iinguqulelo ezintsha nazo zibandakanyiwe Coreboot, GRUB kunye neFlashprog.
- Iipetshi zokhuseleko ezingama-73 ziye zadityaniswa kwi-GRUB (CVE), ukujongana nobuthathaka obufunyenwe kutshanje kwiinkqubo ze-boot.
Ukongeza, ukulungiswa okuninzi kuye kwaphunyezwa. ukuphucula ukomelela kwenkqubo, ukusuka kwidilesi ye-MAC yokuguqulwa kulawulo lwefayile yoqwalaselo kunye nokwakha izikripthi. Inkqubo yokupakisha kwiifayile zeROM ezisasazwayo ilumkisa abasebenzisi ukuba bangakhanyisi ngaphandle kokujova idatha efunekayo kumenzi, ukunciphisa umngcipheko womonakalo ongekho ngabom.
Utshintsho kufakelo kunye neenkqubo zohlaziyo
Xa uphucula kwi-Libreboot 25.04, kubalulekile ukubonisana namaxwebhu asemthethweni kwaye ulandele imiyalelo yeprojekthi. Izilumkiso kunye neendlela zokhuseleko ziye zongezwa ukuthintela iimpazamo ezibalulekileyo ngexesha lohlaziyo, njengesilumkiso esithi "DO NOT Flash" de onke amanyathelo ayimfuneko agqitywe.
Ukuphuculwa kojongano lomsebenzisi yenza amava abe lula kwaye abe lula, ivumela nabasebenzisi abangengabo abachwephesha ukuba baxhamle kwi-firmware yasimahla. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukujonga ukuhambelana kwehardware kwaye wenze i-backups ngaphambi kokuba uqalise inkqubo.
Ukuhambelana kunye nezixhobo ezixhaswayo kwi-Libreboot 25.04
I-Libreboot 25.04 yandisa uluhlu lwayo lwezixhobo ezixhaswayo. Iinkqubo ezixhaswayo ziquka iikhompyutha zedesktop ezifana ne I-Acer Q45T-AM, i-G43T-AM3 kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zeebhodi zomama kunye neelaptops ezivela kwiimpawu ezifana Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell OptiPlex, HP EliteBook, Apple MacBook, kunye nezinye izixhobo ze-ARM kunye ne-consoles endala njenge-PlayStation 1. Nangona kunjalo, inkxaso ye-hardware yanamhlanje isakhawulelwe yimiqathango yabavelisi kwi-firmware yabo evaliweyo.
Ukuphuculwa kobugcisa kunye nophicotho lwekhowudi
Uphuhliso lwakutsha nje lubandakanye uphononongo olubanzi kunye nokucocwa kwenkqubo yokwakha, ukususa ikhowudi ephelelwe lixesha kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokucaca kwezikripthi. Imisebenzi iye yahlengahlengiswa kwaye ukuphathwa kweempazamo komelezwa, ukuqinisekisa ukuhambelana nokuhanjiswa kwe-GNU/Linux yangoku kunye nezixhobo ezifana nePython 3 kunye nezixhobo ezahlukeneyo.
Ukongeza, sele iphunyeziwe Idilesi ye-MAC ngokungakhethiyo ngexesha lokutofa, okunceda ukuphepha ukuphindaphinda kwenethiwekhi kunye nokuphucula ubumfihlo bomsebenzisi.
Izinto ekufuneka uziqwalasele ngaphambi kokuhlaziya
Kubalulekile ukuba abasebenzisi baphonononge ngononophelo amaxwebhu kwaye uqinisekise ukuhambelana kwehardware yakho phambi kokuba uqhubeke. Ekubeni le yinguqulo yovavanyo, ayikhuthazwa ukuba isetyenziswe kwiindawo zemveliso apho uzinzo luphambili. Uhlaziyo lufuna ukulandelelwa ngononophelo, ngakumbi malunga nokudanyaza kwe-SPI chip kunye nokuphathwa kwe-firmware.
Inkxaso yoluntu kunye nezikhokelo ezineenkcukacha zenza inkqubo ibe lula, inceda ukwenza utshintsho lungenamthungo kubasebenzisi bawo onke amanqanaba ezakhono.
Oku kukhutshwa kubonisa inyathelo elibalulekileyo eliya phambili kwabo bathanda isoftware yasimahla kunye nabaxhasi, bebeka ugxininiso oluqinileyo kukhuseleko kunye nokuhambelana okwandisiweyo. Ngolu guqulelo lutsha, iprojekthi iqinisekisa ukuzinikela kwayo elubala kunye nokuphuculwa okuqhubekayo, idibanisa isikhundla sayo njengenye yezona ndlela zifanelekileyo kwintsimi ye-firmware evulekileyo.