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'''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. | '''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 [[Payloads|payload]]. | ||
It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called [[Payloads|payload | |||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' | '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Benefits]]</span>''' | ||
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* 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | * 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | ||
* Fast boot times (3 seconds | * Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console) | ||
* Avoids the need for a slow | * Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS | ||
* Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start | * Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start | ||
* Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code | * Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code | ||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' | '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Use Cases]]</span>''' | ||
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* Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients | * Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients | ||
* Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals | * Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] | ||
* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as " | * No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk") | ||
* | * Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) | ||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Payloads]]</span>''' | |||
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* [[Linux]] | |||
* [[FILO]] | |||
* [[GRUB2]] | |||
* [[Booting Windows using coreboot|Windows]] ([[ADLO]]) | |||
* [[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot|FreeBSD]] ([[ADLO]]) | |||
* [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD] ([[ADLO]]) | |||
* [[memtest86]] | |||
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* [http://www.openbios.org/ OpenBIOS] | |||
* [http://www.openbios.org/Open_Firmware Open Firmware] | |||
* [http://www.openbios.org/SmartFirmware SmartFirmware] | |||
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnufi/ GNUFI] (UEFI) | |||
* [[Etherboot]] | |||
* [[Plan 9]] | |||
* [[coreinfo]] | |||
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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.
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