ADLO - Revision history

Uwe at 15:47, 21 January 2009

2009-01-21T15:47:31Z

Hailfinger: ADLO has been superseded by SeaBIOS.

2009-01-21T15:07:21Z

ADLO has been superseded by SeaBIOS.

JCrouse: /* Where is ADLO? */ Change url to the correct location

2008-07-29T14:30:23Z

‎Where is ADLO?: Change url to the correct location

Stepan at 13:00, 15 January 2008

2008-01-15T13:00:34Z

Phs: Fix typo.

2007-10-25T08:52:22Z

Fix typo.

Stepan: /* What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them ? */

2007-06-15T16:32:52Z

‎What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them ?

Quux: /* BIOS shadowing */

2007-03-13T02:56:48Z

‎BIOS shadowing

Quux: /* What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them. */

2007-03-13T02:54:06Z

‎What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them.

Quux: /* What is ADLO? */ typo

2007-03-13T02:52:25Z

‎What is ADLO?: typo

Biosblock: /* What bootloaders work with ADLO? */

2007-03-13T02:11:04Z

‎What bootloaders work with ADLO?

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−	<b>ADLO has been superseded by [[SeaBIOS]].</b>	+	<div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#ffdfdf; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;">
		+	ADLO has been superseded by [[SeaBIOS]]. Please don't use ADLO for new installations anymore.
		+	</div>
		+

	== What is ADLO? ==		== What is ADLO? ==

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 == What is ADLO? ==
-<b>ADLO is a Add-on layer that bonds to the coreboot project and it derives from the 16-bit PC-BIOS of the Bochs emulator project.</b>
+ADLO is a Add-on layer that bonds to the coreboot project and it derives from the 16-bit PC-BIOS of the Bochs emulator project.
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 == Where is ADLO? ==
-ADLO is part of the coreboot v2 repository under [http://www.coreboot.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO/ LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO].
+ADLO is part of the coreboot v2 repository under [http://coreboot.org/viewvc/trunk/coreboot-v2/util/ADLO/ coreboot-v2/util/ADLO].
 An older version was already part of coreboot v1 and is available at the [http://www.coreboot.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv1/util/ADLO/ coreboot-v1/util/ADLO] directory.

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 == What is ADLO? ==
-<b>ADLO is a Add-on layer that bonds to the LinuxBIOS project and it derives from the 16-bit PC-BIOS of the Bochs emulator project.</b>
+<b>ADLO is a Add-on layer that bonds to the coreboot project and it derives from the 16-bit PC-BIOS of the Bochs emulator project.</b>
 ----
-On Sun Nov 24th, 2002 at 22:30:42 UTC, Adam Sulmicki announced via clustermatic.org mailing list [http://web.archive.org/web/20050308103736/http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2002-November/001186.html Wayback Machine link] that him and a group of collegues ([http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team]) were successful at creating ADLO. ADLO
+On Sun Nov 24th, 2002 at 22:30:42 UTC, Adam Sulmicki announced via [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2002-November/001191.html coreboot mailing list] that him and a group of collegues ([http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team]) were successful at creating ADLO. ADLO was accomplished by developing software that combined elements from two rather successful projects:
-was accomplished by developing software that combined elements from two rather successful projects:
+coreboot (back then: LinuxBIOS) and BOCHS - with some help of the Etherboot project. The use of coreboot and BOCHS Bios source had helped them to create a wrapper to successfully boot a (Windows 2000 OS, OpenBSD, and Linux via GRUB or LILO as bootloaders) without a legacy, proprietary 16 bit BIOS.
-LinuxBIOS and BOCHS - with some help of the Etherboot project. The use of LinuxBIOS and BOCHS Bios source had helped them to create a wrapper to successfully boot a (Windows 2000 OS, OpenBSD, and of course Linux via GRUB or LILO as bootloaders) without a legacy, proprietary 16 bit BIOS.
 With contribution from a grant from DARPA under the CHATS program, <b>Adam Sulmicki</b>, <b>Adam Agnew</b> and <b>William Arbaugh</b> had created a new way to succesfully boot multiple OS's without the need of proprietary software such as any BIOS from the market leaders AMI or Award.
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 Before the team made the ADLO source code public it was called the SEBOS project.
-The motherboard used for testing was a <b>Matsonic 7308e</B> motherboard, and the support for ADLO on other motherboards was limited to that of the LinuxBIOS project at the time of release (Nov 2002).
+The motherboard used for testing was a <b>Matsonic 7308e</B> motherboard, and the support for ADLO on other motherboards was limited to that of the coreboot project at the time of release (Nov 2002).
-The SEBOS team had also created it's adaptations to add security and encryption to an OS bootloader that has been  missing in a 16-bit proprietary PC-BIOS for decades. ADLO is a simple wrapper that binds to the Bochs BIOS which allows LinuxBIOS to make use of the BIOS interrupt services. ADLO can be found in the freebios/util/adlo directory in the LinuxBIOS CVS tree. Instructions for using ADLO can be found in the README contained within the source files.
+The SEBOS team had also created it's adaptations to add security and encryption to an OS bootloader that has been  missing in a 16-bit proprietary PC-BIOS for decades. ADLO is a simple wrapper that binds to the Bochs BIOS which allows coreboot to make use of the BIOS interrupt services. ADLO can be found in the coreboot-v2/util/ADLO directory in the coreboot subversion. Instructions for using ADLO can be found in the README contained within the source files.
 Find out more at the team's website at :
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 http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html
-== What is the current STATUS and Builds and contributions? ==
+== What is the current status and builds and contributions? ==
 <B>At the moment we are working with the original developer of ADLO to see if we can update the Wrapper and make future builds that can boot operating systems that require further 16-bit BIOS information and services like Windows XP and Windows Vista that are currently not supported with ADLO.</B>
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 If you can contribute, in any way to the ADLO project Please let US know. Contact bootblock at techgx.net with ideas, troubleshooting, or things that you know has worked for you.
-experiments with LinuxBios and ADLO and other motherboards
+experiments with coreboot and ADLO and other motherboards
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 == Where is ADLO? ==
-ADLO is part of the LinuxBIOS v2 repository under [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO/ LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO].
+ADLO is part of the coreboot v2 repository under [http://www.coreboot.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO/ LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO].
-An older version was already part of LinuxBIOS v1 and is available at the [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv1/util/ADLO/ LinuxBIOSv1/util/ADLO] directory.
+An older version was already part of coreboot v1 and is available at the [http://www.coreboot.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv1/util/ADLO/ coreboot-v1/util/ADLO] directory.
-== How do I get LinuxBIOS to boot ADLO? ==
+== How do I get coreboot to boot ADLO? ==
-ADLO compiles as an ELF image so you have to set up LinuxBIOS to elf boot just as if you were using any other ELF payload. In the [http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO/ ADLO directory] are some READMEs.  Make sure you have read them.
+ADLO compiles as an ELF image so you have to set up coreboot to elf boot just as if you were using any other ELF payload. In the [http://www.coreboot.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/ADLO/ ADLO directory] are some READMEs.  Make sure you have read them.
 Compiling ADLO is quite simple.  Mostly you just type ''make''  You will need the 16-bit assembler as86 installed to build the Bochs BIOS.  You will also need a copy of your video BIOS if you want VGA to work.  Again see the README.

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   http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/winint/index1.html
-Microsoft also published an article about there use of BIOS here:
+Microsoft also published an article about their use of BIOS here:
   http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/Lf.mspx

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	http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/winint/index1.html		http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/winint/index1.html
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		+	Microsoft also published an article about there use of BIOS here:
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		+	http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/Lf.mspx

	== What bootloaders work with ADLO? ==		== What bootloaders work with ADLO? ==

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 <div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#ffdfdf; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;">
-FixMe Where is the defacto location for the serial patch?
+FixMe Where is the ''de facto'' location for the serial patch?
 </div>
 The shadow settings are set in '''loader.s''' in the freebios/util/ADLO.  Find section B.  These are writes to PCI space that enable various areas of shadowing.
-Technically all you need is the only 64kb at 0xF0000 and 64kb at 0xC0000. Your mileage may vary.  Start by enabling Read/Write for all shadow ranges supported by your chipset and then backing off to 0xF0000 and 0xC0000 after you get it working.
+Technically, all you need is only 64kb at 0xF0000 and 64kb at 0xC0000. Your mileage may vary.  Start by enabling Read/Write for all shadow ranges supported by your chipset and then back off to 0xF0000 and 0xC0000 after you get it working.
 === Video BIOS ===

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−	== What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them. ==	+	== What bios services does ADLO provide and when would I need them ? ==

	The full gory details for XP are at:		The full gory details for XP are at:

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-On Sun Nov 24,2002 at 22:30:42 UTC, Adam Sulmicki announced via clustermatic.org mailing list [http://web.archive.org/web/20050308103736/http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2002-November/001186.html Wayback Machine link] that him and a group of coligues ([http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team]) were succesful at creating ADLO. ADLO
+On Sun Nov 24th, 2002 at 22:30:42 UTC, Adam Sulmicki announced via clustermatic.org mailing list [http://web.archive.org/web/20050308103736/http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2002-November/001186.html Wayback Machine link] that him and a group of collegues ([http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team]) were successful at creating ADLO. ADLO
-was accomplished by developing software that combined elements from two very successful projects:
+was accomplished by developing software that combined elements from two rather successful projects:
-LinuxBIOS and BOCHS and with some help of the Etherboot project. The use of LinuxBIOS and BOCHS Bios source had help them to create a Wrapper to successfully booting a (Windows 2000 OS, OpenBSD, and of course Linux via GRUB or LILO as bootloaders) without a legacy  proprietary 16bit BIOS.
+LinuxBIOS and BOCHS - with some help of the Etherboot project. The use of LinuxBIOS and BOCHS Bios source had helped them to create a wrapper to successfully boot a (Windows 2000 OS, OpenBSD, and of course Linux via GRUB or LILO as bootloaders) without a legacy, proprietary 16 bit BIOS.
-With contribution from a Grant from DARPA under the CHATS program, <b>Adam Sulmicki</b>, <b>Adam Agnew</b> and <b>William Arbaugh</b> had created a new way to succesfully boot multiple OS's with out the need of proprietary software such as BIOS market leaders like AMI and Award
+With contribution from a grant from DARPA under the CHATS program, <b>Adam Sulmicki</b>, <b>Adam Agnew</b> and <b>William Arbaugh</b> had created a new way to succesfully boot multiple OS's without the need of proprietary software such as any BIOS from the market leaders AMI or Award.
-The Wrapper was originally written by [http://www.eax.com/ Adam Sulmicki.]
+The wrapper was originally written by [http://www.eax.com/ Adam Sulmicki.] and the [http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team].
 and the [http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos_phase2.html SEBOS team].
-Since the Bochs BIOS provides many of the legacy BIOS services required by some x86 OS's it allows you to boot OS's that depend on those services.
+Since Bochs BIOS provides many of the legacy BIOS services required by some x86 OS's it allows you to boot OS's that depend on those services.
 The original release Supported OS's were:
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-At the time of the ADLO launch the group was still working on supporting FreeBSD and Windows XP, they had also expected to improving ATA support will permit Win98 and WinXP to boot successfully with ADLO and adding PIRQ support wich would also permit FreeBSD to boot with ADLO,
+At the time of ADLO launch the group was still working on supporting FreeBSD and Windows XP, they had also expected to improving ATA support will permit Win98 and WinXP to boot successfully with ADLO, also adding PIRQ support wich would permit FreeBSD to boot with ADLO.
-Before the team made the ADLO source code publicly it was called the SEBOS project.
+Before the team made the ADLO source code public it was called the SEBOS project.
 The motherboard used for testing was a <b>Matsonic 7308e</B> motherboard, and the support for ADLO on other motherboards was limited to that of the LinuxBIOS project at the time of release (Nov 2002).
-The SEBOS team had also created it's adaptations to add security and encryption to an OS bootloader that has been  missing in a 16-bit propriotary PC-BIOS for decades. ADLO is a simple wrapper that binds to the Bochs BIOS which allows LinuxBIOS to make use of the BIOS interrupt services. ADLO can be found in the freebios/util/adlo directory in the LinuxBIOS cvs tree. Instructions for using ADLO can be found in the README contained within the source files.
+The SEBOS team had also created it's adaptations to add security and encryption to an OS bootloader that has been  missing in a 16-bit proprietary PC-BIOS for decades. ADLO is a simple wrapper that binds to the Bochs BIOS which allows LinuxBIOS to make use of the BIOS interrupt services. ADLO can be found in the freebios/util/adlo directory in the LinuxBIOS CVS tree. Instructions for using ADLO can be found in the README contained within the source files.
-Find out more at the teams website at :
+Find out more at the team's website at :
 http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu/sebos.html

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 We need Beta testers to start testing
 * NTLDR (Windows XP)
 * NTLDR (Windows XP embedded)