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commit9706359fd8077e4027f6c8c8586bc40bdbb3a3f7[log] [tgz]
authorFurquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>Tue Oct 16 11:49:16 2018 -0700
committerPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>Thu Oct 18 12:46:06 2018 +0000
tree8d73bdcf237fc9bccb132ad4d89c7125442e5985
parent0ccfc0cc5327b2da6ac062eeda8fdf2afdf6a532 [diff]
console/post_codes: Add post codes for memory param prep callback

This change adds two new post codes to indicate start and end of
memory param preparation in callbacks to SoC/mainboard code:
1. 0x34: Start of memory preparation
2. 0x36: End of memory preparation

These post codes are already used in coreboot. This change just
ensures that the codes are defined in post_codes.h for easy lookup.

These post codes are useful if SoC/mainboard decides to do a reset of
the platform before returning back to memory initialization.

Change-Id: I065518caedb7943d960a8a5c8708823b8eb3246d
Signed-off-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/29150
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Karthik Ramasubramanian <kramasub@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
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tree: 8d73bdcf237fc9bccb132ad4d89c7125442e5985
  1. 3rdparty/
  2. configs/
  3. Documentation/
  4. payloads/
  5. src/
  6. util/
  7. .checkpatch.conf
  8. .clang-format
  9. .gitignore
  10. .gitmodules
  11. .gitreview
  12. COPYING
  13. gnat.adc
  14. MAINTAINERS
  15. Makefile
  16. Makefile.inc
  17. README.md
  18. toolchain.inc
README.md

coreboot README

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.

Payloads

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.

Supported Hardware

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

Build Requirements

  • make
  • gcc / g++ Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse - by generating broken object code. Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).
  • iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
  • pkg-config
  • libssl-dev (openssl)

Optional:

  • doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
  • gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
  • ncurses (for make menuconfig and make nconfig)
  • flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)

Building coreboot

Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.

Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.

Website and Mailing List

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

https://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist

Copyright and License

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.