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Uwe at 20:07, 24 September 2010

2010-09-24T20:07:54Z

Uwe: moved Booting FreeBSD using coreboot to FreeBSD: Move to canonical name.

2010-09-24T19:35:05Z

moved Booting FreeBSD using coreboot to FreeBSD: Move to canonical name.

Uwe at 23:47, 11 March 2008

2008-03-11T23:47:01Z

Uwe at 23:46, 11 March 2008

2008-03-11T23:46:13Z

Phs: Updated patch.

2008-01-21T15:13:21Z

Updated patch.

Phs: A word on QEMU requirements.

2008-01-21T15:07:34Z

A word on QEMU requirements.

Phs: Remove LinuxBIOS reference...

2008-01-21T13:10:56Z

Remove LinuxBIOS reference...

Phs: s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

2008-01-21T13:10:07Z

s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

Phs: s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

2008-01-21T13:09:05Z

s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

Phs: s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

2008-01-21T13:08:20Z

s/LinuxBIOS/coreboot/

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   $ patch -p0 < LinuxBIOS_ADLO_FreeBSD.diff
-Alternatively, the patch [http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/attachments/20071105/923a1f3f/attachment.bat attached] to this [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-November/026759.html message] can be used.
+Alternatively, the patch [http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/attachments/20071105/923a1f3f/attachment.bat attached] to this [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-November/026759.html message] can be used. An updated patch that applies cleanly to Revision 3066 can be downloaded [http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0e/Coreboot_ADLO_FreeBSD-r3066.tgz here].
 = Building ADLO =

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 To boot FreeBSD in QEMU you need
-* <tt>emulators/qemu</tt> with modifications. Please refer to the [[QEMU Build Tutorial]] for details.
+* <tt>emulators/qemu</tt> with modifications. Please refer to the [[QEMU Build Tutorial]] for details. Please note that QEMU versions later than 0.9.0 do not seem to work correctly (require the vgabios-cirrus.bin even when started with -nographic and output does not work after ADLO is started).
 = Obtaining coreboot =

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 In order to boot FreeBSD using coreboot, ADLO is used as a payload. Therefore, it must be built before the coreboot image can be built. Building ADLO on FreeBSD requires that the 8086 development environment is installed. See the [[#Building the 8086 development environment|following section]] for details.
-ADLO is part of the coreboot v2 source tree. Assuming you have [[#Applying the required patches|applied the required patches]], it can be built by issuing the following commands from the top-level directory of your LinuxBIOSv2 source tree:
+ADLO is part of the coreboot v2 source tree. Assuming you have [[#Applying the required patches|applied the required patches]], it can be built by issuing the following commands from the top-level directory of your local source tree:
   $ cd util/ADLO

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 = Booting FreeBSD inside QEMU =
-If you already have a FreeBSD installation inside QEMU, you can boot it using LinuxBIOS with the following command:
+If you already have a FreeBSD installation inside QEMU, you can boot it using coreboot with the following command:
   $ qemu -kernel-kqemu -hda freebsd.img -nographic -L ~
-This assumes, that there is a file called <tt>bios.bin</tt> in your home directory that contains LinuxBIOS with an ADLO payload. The file <tt>freebsd.img</tt> should contain your FreeBSD installation. Make sure it uses the serial console, though, as graphical output will not work when booted using LinuxBIOS.
+This assumes, that there is a file called <tt>bios.bin</tt> in your home directory that contains coreboot with an ADLO payload. The file <tt>freebsd.img</tt> should contain your FreeBSD installation. Make sure it uses the serial console, though, as graphical output will not work when booted using coreboot.
 == Installing FreeBSD inside QEMU ==
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   $ qemu -kernel-kqemu -hda freebsd.img -cdrom 7.0-BETA1-i386-bootonly.iso -boot d
-Inside QEMU, perform an installation as you normally would. See the [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html FreeBSD Handbook] for details. After the installation has finished, boot up FreeBSD once ''without'' using LinuxBIOS.
+Inside QEMU, perform an installation as you normally would. See the [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html FreeBSD Handbook] for details. After the installation has finished, boot up FreeBSD once ''without'' using coreboot.
   $ qemu -kernel-kqemu -hda freebsd.img
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   console=comconsole
-This will cause FreeBSD to use the first serial port as a console. Both the Loader's and the Kernel's messages will end up there. This is important as graphical output won't work once FreeBSD is booted using LinuxBIOS and ADLO.
+This will cause FreeBSD to use the first serial port as a console. Both the Loader's and the Kernel's messages will end up there. This is important as graphical output won't work once FreeBSD is booted using coreboot and ADLO.
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 This has to be done only once, before building ADLO. You don't have to reinstall the port if you rebuild ADLO.
-= Building LinuxBIOS =
+= Building coreboot =
-The [[QEMU_Build_Tutorial|QEMU build tutorial]] covers all steps required to build LinuxBIOS for QEMU. As a quick reference, assuming you have [[#Applying the required patches|applied the required patches]] do:
+The [[QEMU_Build_Tutorial|QEMU build tutorial]] covers all steps required to build coreboot for QEMU. As a quick reference, assuming you have [[#Applying the required patches|applied the required patches]] do:
   $ cd targets