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You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too. | You need a patched version of '''vgabios-cirrus.zip''' for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does '''not''' yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package ('''/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin''') is already patched and works, too. | ||
=== coreboot v2 + SeaBIOS === | |||
<!-- [[Image:Qemu filo.png|thumb|right|[[FILO]] payload.]] --> | |||
[[SeaBIOS]] is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements. | |||
The QEMU image uses coreboot v2 (r4917) and [[SeaBIOS]] (9eebe66a9978165cfa91f2266c97fa5d0aa6ef2e, 2009-11-04) with the following changes to the default '''src/config.h''': | |||
#define CONFIG_COREBOOT 1 | |||
#define CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL 1 | |||
#define CONFIG_COREBOOT_FLASH 1 | |||
#define CONFIG_OPTIONROMS_DEPLOYED 0 | |||
#define CONFIG_VGAHOOKS 1 | |||
Usage: | |||
mkdir foo | |||
cd foo | |||
wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/6a/Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip | |||
wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip | |||
unzip Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip | |||
unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip | |||
mv qemu_coreboot_seabios.bin bios.bin | |||
cd .. | |||
qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio | |||
Replace '''/dev/zero''' above with a real QEMU disk image to actually boot something. | |||
=== coreboot v3 + FILO === | === coreboot v3 + FILO === |
Revision as of 18:41, 6 November 2009
You can easily try out coreboot using QEMU, without having to actually flash the BIOS chip on your real hardware.
Tutorials
- QEMU Build Tutorial — Starting a Debian GNU/Linux system via coreboot + a Linux kernel, or via coreboot + FILO.
- Booting FreeBSD using coreboot — Booting FreeBSD via coreboot + ADLO.
Ready-made QEMU images
We'll soon provide various downloadable QEMU images you can use to try out coreboot.
You need a patched version of vgabios-cirrus.zip for these images to work fine, the version in QEMU's CVS repository does not yet work. The image from Debian's QEMU package (/usr/share/qemu/vgabios-cirrus.bin) is already patched and works, too.
coreboot v2 + SeaBIOS
SeaBIOS is an open-source legacy BIOS implementation which can be used as a coreboot payload. It implements the standard BIOS calling interfaces that a typical x86 proprietary BIOS implements.
The QEMU image uses coreboot v2 (r4917) and SeaBIOS (9eebe66a9978165cfa91f2266c97fa5d0aa6ef2e, 2009-11-04) with the following changes to the default src/config.h:
#define CONFIG_COREBOOT 1 #define CONFIG_DEBUG_SERIAL 1 #define CONFIG_COREBOOT_FLASH 1 #define CONFIG_OPTIONROMS_DEPLOYED 0 #define CONFIG_VGAHOOKS 1
Usage:
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/6a/Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_seabios.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_seabios.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
Replace /dev/zero above with a real QEMU disk image to actually boot something.
coreboot v3 + FILO
![](/images/thumb/0/0d/Qemu_filo.png/300px-Qemu_filo.png)
FILO is a simple bootloader which can load (e.g.) Linux kernels from disk.
The QEMU image uses coreboot v3 (r672) and FILO (r45) with a certain configuration (for example: it's looking for /boot/grub/menu.lst on hda1).
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/b/b9/Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_filo.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_filo.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
Replace /dev/zero above with a real QEMU disk image which has a /boot/grub/menu.lst on hda1 to actually boot something.
coreboot v3 + libpayload + coreinfo
![](/images/thumb/6/6a/Coreinfo_nvram.png/300px-Coreinfo_nvram.png)
This is a small payload called coreinfo.
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/06/Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_coreinfo.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
coreboot v3 + invaders
![](/images/thumb/3/39/Coreboot_invaders.png/300px-Coreboot_invaders.png)
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/c/c8/Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_invaders.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_invaders.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
coreboot v3 + libpayload + tint
![](/images/thumb/d/da/Coreboot_libpayload_tint.png/300px-Coreboot_libpayload_tint.png)
This is coreboot v3 (r656), libpayload (r3225), and tint 0.03b patched to be built against libpayload.
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/6/62/Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_libpayload_tint.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_libpayload_tint.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
coreboot v3 + Memtest86
![](/images/thumb/3/39/Qemu_memtest.png/300px-Qemu_memtest.png)
This is coreboot v3 (r656) and Memtest86 (3.4) with serial support enabled. The VGA display in QEMU is broken after a few seconds, this is a known issue, but we don't yet know what exactly the problem is.
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/3/33/Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_memtest.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_memtest.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
coreboot v3 + OpenBIOS
![](/images/thumb/f/f5/Qemu_coreboot_openbios.png/300px-Qemu_coreboot_openbios.png)
This is coreboot v3 (r672) and OpenBIOS (r186).
mkdir foo cd foo wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/9/9d/Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip wget http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0d/Vgabios-cirrus.zip unzip Qemu_coreboot_openbios.zip unzip Vgabios-cirrus.zip mv qemu_coreboot_openbios.bin bios.bin cd .. qemu -L foo -hda /dev/zero -serial stdio
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