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Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]5coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
Uwe Hermann10d55b42006-10-20 21:50:01 +0000[diff] [blame]6BIOS you can find in most of today's computers.
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8It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes
Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]9one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel or a bootloader.
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12Payloads
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15After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]16desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
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Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]18See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
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21Supported Hardware
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Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]24coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
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26For details please consult:
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Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]28 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
29 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
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Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]32Build Requirements
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35 * gcc / g++
36 * make
37 * python
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39Optional:
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41 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
42 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
43 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
Stefan Reinauer6acc0a12010-01-18 12:01:10 +0000[diff] [blame]44 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
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47Building coreboot
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50Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Documentation for details.
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53Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
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56If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide
57to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run
58coreboot virtually in QEMU.
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60Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
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Uwe Hermann10d55b42006-10-20 21:50:01 +0000[diff] [blame]63Website and Mailing List
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66Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]67guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
Uwe Hermann10d55b42006-10-20 21:50:01 +0000[diff] [blame]68
Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]69 http://www.coreboot.org
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Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]71You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
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Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]73 http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
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76Copyright and License
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Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]79The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual
Uwe Hermann10d55b42006-10-20 21:50:01 +0000[diff] [blame]80developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
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Uwe Hermann0346c222009-04-17 17:11:39 +0000[diff] [blame]82coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Uwe Hermann10d55b42006-10-20 21:50:01 +0000[diff] [blame]83Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)",
84and some files (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) are licensed under
85the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects,
86other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual
87source files for details.
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Stefan Reinauerf8ee1802008-01-18 15:08:58 +0000[diff] [blame]89This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.
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