Introduction to the LibreBMC project

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LibreBMC replaces the AST2500 BMC ASIC with a soft processor on low-cost FPGA hardware (Arty/RD/A7 family) running Microwatt and OpenBMC, plugs into the AC922 via a DC‑SCM interposer and aims to be a drop‑in replacement. Prototype boots Ubuntu, controls fans and proves the concept, but lacks full FSI/I2C/host gateway IP and full OpenBMC feature coverage. Roadmap is upstreaming builds, adding gateway cores (target: four cores for parity) and shipping DC‑SCM 1.0 modules from Antmicro.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:55Project Overview
3. 5:30AC922
4. 8:52AC922 Hardware
5. 11:15DCSCM Card
6. 13:20Next Steps
7. 15:53Open Power Foundation

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