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With this separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot is capable of scaling from specialized applications run directly from firmware, operating systems in Flash, and custom bootloaders to implementations of firmware standards like PCBIOS and EFI without having to carry features not necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
With this separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot is capable of scaling from specialized applications run directly from firmware, operating systems in Flash, and custom bootloaders to implementations of firmware standards like PCBIOS and EFI without having to carry features not necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.


We currently support '''[[Supported Motherboards|212]]''' different mainboards.
We currently support '''[[Supported Motherboards|213]]''' different mainboards.


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* '''2010/01/17:''' [[News#2010.2F01.2F17_Roda_RK886EX_.28Rocky_III.2B.29_now_supported|Roda RK886EX (Rocky III+) support]]
* '''2009/10/21:''' [[News#2009.2F10.2F21_HP_e-Vectra_P2706T_now_supported|HP e-Vectra P2706T support]]
* '''2009/10/21:''' [[News#2009.2F10.2F21_HP_e-Vectra_P2706T_now_supported|HP e-Vectra P2706T support]]
* '''2009/10/13:''' [[News#2009.2F10.2F13_MSI_MS-6156_now_supported|MSI MS-6156 support]]
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* '''2009/09/25:''' [[News#2009.2F09.2F25_coreboot_on_the_cover_of_the_Linux_Journal|coreboot @ Linux Journal]]
* '''2009/09/25:''' [[News#2009.2F09.2F25_coreboot_on_the_cover_of_the_Linux_Journal|coreboot @ Linux Journal]]
* '''2009/09/02:''' [[News#2009.2F09.2F02_flashrom_0.9.1_has_been_released|flashrom 0.9.1 released]]
* '''2009/09/02:''' [[News#2009.2F09.2F02_flashrom_0.9.1_has_been_released|flashrom 0.9.1 released]]
* '''2009/07/15:''' [[News#2009.2F07.2F15_VIA_EPIA-M700_now_supported|VIA EPIA-M700 support]]
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Revision as of 19:24, 26 January 2010

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.

With this separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot is capable of scaling from specialized applications run directly from firmware, operating systems in Flash, and custom bootloaders to implementations of firmware standards like PCBIOS and EFI without having to carry features not necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.

We currently support 213 different mainboards.

  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console)
  • Supports many mainboards, chipsets, and payloads

  • Desktop PCs and servers
  • Clusters
  • Embedded solutions

About
Find out more about coreboot.
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Status
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Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.
Flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Mkelfimage | Inteltool | Msrtool | Ectool | Hardware tools

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Download coreboot and get started.
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