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* '''2008/04/19:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F19_coreboot_is_a_Hackontest_candidate|coreboot is a Hackontest candidate]]
* '''2008/04/19:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F19_PC_Engines_ALIX.2C3_now_supported|PC Engines ALIX.2C3 support]]
* '''2008/04/19:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F19_PC_Engines_ALIX.2C3_now_supported|PC Engines ALIX.2C3 support]]
* '''2008/04/04:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F04_Silicon_Mechanics_to_ship_servers_with_coreboot_preinstalled|Silicon Mechanics ships coreboot servers]]
* '''2008/04/04:''' [[News#2008.2F04.2F04_Silicon_Mechanics_to_ship_servers_with_coreboot_preinstalled|Silicon Mechanics ships coreboot servers]]

Revision as of 00:31, 21 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
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Status
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Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status | Flashrom support | Superiotool support

Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.
Flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Libpayload | Mkelfimage

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