[linux4kix]

SolidRun CSA here. The SOC by itself will run with a fully OSS firmware, either u-boot or edk2. We are working on SBSA compliance and hope to have that ready for the production run of SOCs. While the entire device can be run with fully OSS firmware there will be some missing functionality. There are some configuration pieces for SERDES lanes that is handled by the microcode in the SOC. There is a binary firmware that is needed for the high speed networking. We are still discussing with NXP how this will evolve going forward.

For a management interface we have integrated what we call a micro-BMC. It is an STM MC, that is wired up to power up/down, thermals, and can reflash the SPI-NOR chip for recover and firmware updates out of band. This is a technology we are working on so the BMC can act more as an IoT gateway to handle many boards, vs each board needing to manage security individually. This chip is fully unlocked and open for developers to play around with.