Welcome to coreboot: Difference between revisions

From coreboot
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(More prominent symposium link.)
mNo edit summary
Line 101: Line 101:
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[News]]</span>'''<hr />
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[News]]</span>'''<hr />
<small>
<small>
* '''2008/04/03:''' [[Current events|coreboot Symposium Denver]]
* '''2008/04/03:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F03_coreboot_Symposium_in_Denver|coreboot Symposium Denver]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_MSI_MS-6119_now_supported|MSI MS-6119 support]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_MSI_MS-6119_now_supported|MSI MS-6119 support]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_Intel_3100_chipset_and_Intel_devkit_.28Mt._Arvon.29_board_now_supported|Intel 3100 / Mt.Arvon support]]
* '''2008/03/17:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F17_Intel_3100_chipset_and_Intel_devkit_.28Mt._Arvon.29_board_now_supported|Intel 3100 / Mt.Arvon support]]

Revision as of 01:50, 18 March 2008

coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers.

It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload, for example a Linux kernel, FILO, GRUB2, OpenBIOS, Open Firmware, SmartFirmware, GNUFI (UEFI), Etherboot, ADLO (for booting Windows, FreeBSD, or OpenBSD), Plan 9, or memtest86.

BenefitsThere are many reasons for using coreboot.


  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds from power-on to Linux console)
  • Avoids the need for a slow, buggy, proprietary BIOS
  • Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start
  • Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
  • Supports a wide variety of mainboards, devices, and payloads
  • Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ...

Use Casescoreboot can be deployed in a wide range of scenarios.


  • Standard desktop computers and servers
  • Clusters, high-performance computing
  • Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients
  • Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals
  • Small form factor computers, Home-theater PCs (HTPC)
  • No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "hard drive")
  • Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)


About
Find out more about coreboot.
News | Press | Events | History | Screenshots & Videos | Contributors | Sponsors

Developers
Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.
Development Guidelines | Developer Manual | Reference Library | Doxygen | Browse Source | JTAG | EHCI Debug Port | Testsystem | GSoC | Ideas | Superiotool

Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.
Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status | Flashrom support | Superiotool support

Vendors & Products
Find out in which products coreboot is used.
Products | Clusters | Laptop | Desktops

Getting Started
Download coreboot and get started.
Downloads | Documentation | Build Tutorials | Payloads | QEMU | AMD SimNow | Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Buildrom | Flashrom | Misc

Support
Learn how to contact us and find help and support.
FAQ | Mailinglist | IRC | Issue Tracker | Glossary | corebootv2 Options
coreboot anatomy.


News

Contact