Inguqulo ye-Libreboot 25.04, ebizwa ngokuthi "Corny Calamity", isiyatholakala kubasebenzisi be-firmware nabathandi bamahhala. Lesi sibuyekezo asethuli nje kuphela isistimu yenguqulo ethuthukisiwe ngokusekelwe kufomethi yonyaka. Ngalokhu, iphrojekthi iqhubekela ekucaceni okwengeziwe emjikelezweni wayo wokukhishwa kanye nokuphathwa kokubuyekezwa.
I-Libreboot iyaqhubeka nokuthuthuka kwayo njenge- Umthombo ovulekile ngokuphelele we-BIOS/UEFI esikhundleni, ehloselwe abasebenzisi abafuna ukususa i-firmware yobunikazi kumakhompyutha athile e-x86 kanye ne-ARM. Umphakathi uyakugqamisa lokho Lokhu kukhishwa kwe-25.04 kuwukukhululwa kokuhlola, enconyelwe ikakhulukazi abasebenzisi abanolwazi, njengoba inguqulo elandelayo ezinzile kulindeleke ukuthi ifike ngoJuni.
Izici ezintsha ezibalulekile ku-Libreboot 25.04
Phakathi kwezinguquko eziphawulekayo ku-Libreboot 25.04 ukwanda kokuhambisana namabhodi omama amasha, phakathi kwawo ukwesekwa kwemodeli ye-Acer Q45T-AM. Ukwengeza, kokubili i-G43T-AM3 ne-Q45T-AM zithole ukuthuthukiswa ekucushweni nasekuphathweni kwesifunda sabo se-GbE, okuqinisekisa ukusebenza kahle kwembobo ye-Ethernet nokutholwa kosayizi olungile we-ROM.
Isistimu yokwakha ibuyekeziwe futhi yahlolwa ekusabalaliseni okuholayo njenge-Debian 12.10 "Bookworm", i-Debian Sid (kuhlanganise ne-GCC 15 yakamuva), kanye I-Fedora 42, okwenza umsebenzi ube lula kakhulu kubo bobabili abasebenzisi nabathuthukisi. Lo mzamo wokuqinisekisa ukwakhiwa ezindaweni zesimanjemanje uqinisekisa ukuthi iphrojekthi ihlala ifanelekile futhi isebenza.
Izingxenye eziqinisiwe nokuvikeleka
Kule nguqulo okulandelayo kuyagqama: izibuyekezo ezinkulu zezingxenye ezibalulekile:
- I-SeaBIOS Kubuyekezwe kusibuyekezo 9029a010 (March 2025).
- submarine ibuyekeziwe (ikakhulukazi kumadivayisi e-ARM64) yaba yinguqulo engu-2025.04.
- Izinguqulo ezintsha nazo sezifakiwe I-Coreboot, i-GRUB ne-Flashprog.
- Iziqephu zokuphepha ezingama-73 zihlanganiswe ne-GRUB (CVE), ikhuluma ngobungozi obusanda kutholwa kumasistimu ebhuthi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusetshenziswe ukulungisa okuningana. ukuthuthukisa ukuqina kwesistimu, kusukela ekwenziweni kwekheli le-MAC kuya ekucushweni kwefayela lokuphatha nokwakha imibhalo. Uhlelo lwe-padding kumafayela e-ROM asabalalisiwe luxwayisa abasebenzisi ukuthi bangakhanyisi ngaphandle kokujova idatha edingekayo evela kumkhiqizi, ukunciphisa ingozi yokulimala okungahlosiwe.
Izinguquko ekufakeni nasekubuyekezeni izinqubo
Lapho uthuthukela ku-Libreboot 25.04, kubalulekile ukuthi ubheke imibhalo esemthethweni futhi ulandele imiyalelo yephrojekthi. Izexwayiso nezindlela zokuphepha zengeziwe ukuze kuvinjelwe amaphutha abalulekile ngesikhathi sokubuyekeza, njengesexwayiso esithi "UNGAFLESHI" kuze kuqedwe zonke izinyathelo ezidingekayo.
Ukuthuthukiswa kokusetshenziswa kubonwa yenza okuhlangenwe nakho kube lula futhi kube lula, okuvumela ngisho nabasebenzisi abangebona abezobuchwepheshe ukuthi bazuze ku-firmware yamahhala. Nokho, kubalulekile ukuhlola ukuhambisana kwehadiwe futhi wenze izipele ngaphambi kokuqala inqubo.
Ukuhambisana namadivayisi asekelwayo ku-Libreboot 25.04
I-Libreboot 25.04 inweba uhlu lwayo lwamadivayisi asekelwayo. Amasistimu asekelwayo afaka phakathi amakhompyutha edeskithophu afana ne I-Acer Q45T-AM, i-G43T-AM3 kanye nenhlobonhlobo yamabhodi omama namakhompyutha aphathekayo avela kumikhiqizo efana nale Lenovo ThinkPad, Dell OptiPlex, HP EliteBook, Apple MacBook, kanye nezinye zezingxenyekazi zekhompiyutha ze-ARM namakhonsoli amadala afana ne-PlayStation 1. Nokho, ukusekelwa kwezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha zesimanje kusanqunyelwe imikhawulo yabakhiqizi ku-firmware yabo evaliwe.
Ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe nokuhlolwa kwekhodi
Intuthuko yakamuva ihilele ukubuyekezwa nokuhlanza uhlelo lokwakha, ukususa ikhodi engasasebenzi futhi kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle nokucaca kwemibhalo. Imisebenzi ishintshiwe futhi ukuphathwa kwamaphutha kwaqiniswa, okuqinisekisa ukuhambisana nokusatshalaliswa kwamanje kwe-GNU/Linux namathuluzi afana nePython 3 namaketanga amathuluzi ahlukahlukene.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, seluqalisiwe Ukungahleliwe kwekheli le-MAC ngesikhathi sokujova, okusiza ukugwema ukuphindaphinda kwenethiwekhi futhi kuthuthukise ubumfihlo bomsebenzisi.
Izinto okufanele uzicabangele ngaphambi kokubuyekeza
Kubalulekile ukuthi abasebenzisi babuyekeze ngokucophelela amadokhumenti futhi uqinisekise ukusebenzisana kwakho kwehadiwe ngaphambi kokuqhubeka. Njengoba lena kuyinguqulo yokuhlola, ayinconyelwe ukusetshenziswa ezindaweni zokukhiqiza lapho ukuzinza kubaluleke kakhulu. Isibuyekezo sidinga ukulandelelwa ngokucophelela, ikakhulukazi mayelana nokukhanya kwe-SPI chip kanye nokukhohlisa kwe-firmware.
Ukwesekwa komphakathi nemihlahlandlela enemininingwane yenza inqubo ibe lula, isiza ukwenza uguquko lube lula kubasebenzisi bawo wonke amazinga wamakhono.
Lokhu kukhishwa kumelela isinyathelo esibalulekile esiya phambili kwabathanda isofthiwe yamahhala nabameli, okugcizelela kakhulu ukuphepha nokuhambisana okunwetshiwe. Ngale nguqulo entsha, iphrojekthi iqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwayo obala kanye nokwenza ngcono okuqhubekayo, ihlanganisa isikhundla sayo njengenye yezindlela ezifanele kakhulu emkhakheni we-firmware evulekile.