The Free Software Foundation has certified Talos II motherboards

Free Software Foundation presented new devices that have received the “respect your freedom", which confirms the compliance of the device requirements ensuring the privacy and freedom of users and gives the right to use a special logo in product-related materials, emphasizing the provision of full control to the user over the device. The SPO Foundation also commissioned separate website for the initiative respect your freedom (ryf.fsf.org), where you can obtain information about certified equipment and download the necessary code.

Certificate issued to motherboards Talos II и Talos II Lite, produced by Raptor Computing Systems. These are the first FSF certified motherboards to support POWER9 processors. The Talos II board supports two POWER9 processors and is equipped with
16 DDR4 slots (up to 2TB RAM), 3 PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, two PCIe 4.0 x8 slots, two Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 and two RS-232. An optional Microsemi SAS 3.0 controller can be supplied. Talos II Lite is a simplified single-processor variant that offers fewer DDR4 and PCIe 4.0 slots.

All source codes for firmware, bootloader and operating system components available under a free license. The board-mounted BMC controller is built using an open stack OpenBMC. The boards are also notable for providing support for repeatable builds, ensuring that the board uses firmware built from the provided source code (FSF has verified the build identity and published checksums for verification).

To be certified by the Free Software Foundation, a product must meet the following: requirements:

• supply of free drivers and firmware;
• all software supplied with the device must be free;
• no DRM restrictions;
• the ability to fully control the operation of the device;
• support for firmware replacement;
• support for completely free GNU/Linux distributions;
• the use of patent-free formats and software components;
• availability of free documentation.

Previously certified devices include:

• Laptops TET-X200, TET-X200T, TET-X200s, TET-T400, TET-T400s and TET-T500 (remanufactured variants of Lenovo ThinkPad X200, T400 and T500), Vikings X200, Gluglug X60 (Lenovo ThinkPad X60), Libreboot X200 (Lenovo ThinkPad X200), Taurinus X200 (Lenovo ThinkPad X200), Libreboot T400 (Lenovo ThinkPad T400);
• PC Vikings D8 Workstation;
• Wireless routers Thinkpenguin, ThinkPenguin TPE-NWIFIROUTER, TPE-R1100 и Wireless-N Mini Router v2 (TPE-R1200);
• 3D printers LulzBot AO-101 и LulzBot TAZ 6;
• Wireless USB adapters Tehnoetic TET-N150, TET-N150HGA, TET-N300, TET-N300HGA, TET-N300DB, TET-N450DB, Penguin PE-G54USB2, Penguin TPE-N300PCIED2, TPE-NHMPCIED2, TPE-NMPCIE
• motherboards TET-D16 (ASUS KGPE-D16 with Coreboot firmware), Vikings D16, Vikings D8 (ASUS KCMA-D8);
• Controller eSATA / SATA with PCIe interface (6Gbps);
• Sound cards Vikings (USB), Penguin TPE-USBSOUND and TPE-PCIESNDCRD;
• Docking stations TET-X200DOCK и TET-T400DOCK for X200, T400 and T500 notebook series,
• Bluetooth adapter TET-BT4 USB;
• Programmer Zerocat Chipflasher;
• The tablet Minifree Libreboot X200 Tablet.
• Ethernet adapters PCIe Gigabit Ethernet (TPE-1000MPCIE, dual port), PCI Gigabit Ethernet (TPE-1000MPCI), Penguin 10/100 USB Ethernet v1 (TPE-100NET1) and Penguin 10/100 USB v2 (TPE-100NET2);
• Microphone Penguin TPE-USBMIC with USB interface, adapter TPE-USBPARAL.

Source: opennet.ru