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* Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]]
* Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]]
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* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk")
* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk")
* Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)
* Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)
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'''Related Tools'''<br /><small>Tools and libraries related to coreboot.<hr />[[Flashrom]] | [[Superiotool]] | [[Nvramtool]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Libpayload]] | [[Mkelfimage]] </small>
'''Related Tools'''<br /><small>Tools and libraries related to coreboot.<hr />[[Flashrom]] | [[Superiotool]] | [[Nvramtool]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Libpayload]] | [[Mkelfimage]]</small>
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* '''2008/03/09:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F09_RCA_RM4100_now_supported|RCA RM4100 support]]
* '''2008/03/09:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F09_RCA_RM4100_now_supported|RCA RM4100 support]]
* '''2008/03/07:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F07_ASUS_A8V-E_Deluxe_now_supported|ASUS A8V-E Deluxe support]]
* '''2008/03/07:''' [[News#2008.2F03.2F07_ASUS_A8V-E_Deluxe_now_supported|ASUS A8V-E Deluxe support]]
* '''2008/02/20:''' [[News#2008.2F02.2F20_MSI_MS-7135_.28K8N_Neo3.29_now_supported|MSI MS-7135 (K8N Neo3) support]]
* '''2008/01/27:''' [[News#2008.2F01.2F27_Abit_BE6-II_V2.0_now_supported|Abit BE6-II V2.0 support]]
* '''2008/01/12:''' [[News#2008.2F01.2F12_LinuxBIOS_is_now_called_coreboot|LinuxBIOS is coreboot now]]
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Revision as of 23:13, 17 April 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.

  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console)
  • Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS
  • Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
  • Supports many mainboards, devices, and payloads

  • Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients
  • Clusters, high-performance computing
  • Embedded solutions, STBs/HTPC, appliances, terminals
  • No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk")
  • Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)

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

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Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.
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Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.
Flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Libpayload | Mkelfimage

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

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An empty PLCC socket.


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