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This page contains information on how to get started building and installing coreboot, as well as build tutorials for various specific motherboards.
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This page is a collection of '''coreboot-related documentation resources''', HOWTOs, development notes, articles and papers.
  
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== Build tutorials and status pages ==
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{| border="0" valign="top" width="100%"
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* See [[:Category:Tutorials]] for the full list of build tutorials / status pages for supported boards. Note that not all boards have such a page, yet.
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* [[ACPI]]
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* [[CBFS]]
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* [[Abuild]]
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* [[AMD Geode Porting Guide]]
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* [[AMD Family 10h Porting Guide]]
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* [[Nvidia CK804 Porting Notes]]
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* [[Datasheets]]
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* [[Creating Valid IRQ Tables]]
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* [[JTAG/BSDL Guide]]
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* [[VGA support]]
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* [[Glossary]]
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* [[EHCI Debug Port]]
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* Some documentation on "piggybacking" using PLCC chips: [[:Image:Tivo_prom_piggy_back_socket_installation.pdf|1]], [[:Image:How_to_build_the_tivo_prom_piggy_socket.pdf|2]], [[:Image:Tivo_piggyback_prom.pdf|3]].
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* [[Windows|Booting Windows using coreboot]]
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* [[FreeBSD|Booting FreeBSD using coreboot]]
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* [[Mini HOWTO: using a CF card for testing and developing coreboot]]
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* [[CMOS.layout guide]]
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* [[Initramfs]]
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* [[Artecgroup programmable LPC dongle]]
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* [[API]]
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* [[Soldering a socket on your board]]
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* [[Confirmed working svn revisions]]
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* [[Distributed and Automated Testsystem]]
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* [[Ideas]]
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* [[Debugging]]
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* [[Laptop]]
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* [[Desktops]]
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* [[Misc]]
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* [[Infrastructure Projects]]
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* [[Early SMP startup]]
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* [[Serial console]]
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* [[Security]]
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* [[Boot Speed]]
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* [[Reverse Engineering PCI Drivers]]
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* [[Easy projects]]
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* [[Firmware Comparison]]
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== Port Guides ==
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== Obsolete documentation ==
  
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Port guides and experiences.  
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This is a list of obsolete or heavily outdated documentation, any information here should be used with care.
  
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=== coreboot v3 ===
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'''coreboot v3 (obsolete):'''
  
 
* [http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0a/Newboot.pdf V3 Port Guide]
 
* [http://www.coreboot.org/images/0/0a/Newboot.pdf V3 Port Guide]
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* [[coreboot v3]]
 
* [[coreboot v3]]
  
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=== coreboot v2 ===
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'''coreboot v1 (obsolete):'''
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* [http://www.openfirmware.info/data/docs/LinuxBIOS-AMD64.pdf LinuxBIOS on AMD64 (PDF)]
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* [[The EPIA-M/MII]]
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* [[AMD Geode Porting Guide]]
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* [[ACPI in coreboot]]
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* [[Anatomy of a Failover coreboot v2 Image]] - you put what where?!
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=== coreboot v1 ===
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* [[Technoland SBC 710]]
 
* [[Technoland SBC 710]]
 
* [[PCCHIPS M810LR]]
 
* [[PCCHIPS M810LR]]
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* [[SiS630]]
  
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== Other Documentation ==
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'''Other:'''
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* [[Anatomy of a Failover coreboot v2 Image]] (obsolete since [[CBFS]])
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* [[Datasheets]]
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* [[The EPIA-M/MII]]
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* [[Nvidia CK804 Porting Notes]]
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* [[Creating Valid IRQ Tables]]
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* [[JTAG/BSDL Guide]]
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* [[VGA support]]
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* [[X11 on EPIA-M]]
 
* [[X11 on EPIA-M]]
 
* [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/docs/configmanual.ps Configuration tool manual] (from freebios/Documentation/configmanual.ps)
 
* [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/docs/configmanual.ps Configuration tool manual] (from freebios/Documentation/configmanual.ps)
 
* [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/lbdoc Project Book, Mangrove LinuxBios] from Mathieu Deschamps
 
* [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/lbdoc Project Book, Mangrove LinuxBios] from Mathieu Deschamps
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* [[Glossary|coreboot glossary]] and a list of datasheets for each topic
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* [http://www.openfirmware.info/data/docs/LinuxBIOS-AMD64.pdf LinuxBIOS on AMD64 (PDF)]
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* The USB [[EHCI Debug Port]] may be the easiest way to do early debugging without a legacy serial port.
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* [[Viewvc]]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040414101354/http://www.lysator.liu.se/upplysning/fa/linuxbios.pdf Christer Weinigel: Doing Linux programming close to the hardware] (PDF)
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* [http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/docs/doxygen/ Doxygen generated build documentation]
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* Some documentation on "piggybacking" using PLCC chips: [[:Image:Tivo_prom_piggy_back_socket_installation.pdf|1]], [[:Image:How_to_build_the_tivo_prom_piggy_socket.pdf|2]], [[:Image:Tivo_piggyback_prom.pdf|3]].
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* [[Support Tools]]
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* [[Booting Windows using coreboot]]
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* [[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot]]
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* [[Initramfs]]
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* [[Artecgroup programmable LPC dongle]]
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* [[API]]
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* [[Soldering a socket on your board]]
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* [[CBFS]]
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* [[Abuild]]
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* [[Section overlaps]]
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== External articles ==
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== Coreboot Porting Guides ==
  
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* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7170 LinuxBIOS at Four]
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[[Motherboard Porting Guide]]
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* [http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Integrating_9load_into_the_linuxbios/index.html Integrating 9load into the LinuxBIOS]
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[[AGESA Porting Guide]]
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* [http://blog.perlplexity.org/?p=13 How to get the Iwill DK8-HTX running with LinuxBIOS]
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== Papers/Articles/Slides ==
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== Papers/articles/slides ==
  
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* Breaking the Chains -- Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors
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* '''Breaking the Chains -- Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors''', Jordan H. Crouse, Marc E. Jones, Ronald G. Minnich.
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** Jordan H. Crouse, Marc E. Jones, Ronald G. Minnich
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** Proceedings of the Linux Symposium, June 27th-­30th, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [ [https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/crouse-Reprint.pdf pdf] | [http://linuxbios.org/images/8/88/Crouse-Reprint.pdf pdf (local copy)] ]
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** Proceedings of the Linux Symposium, June 27th-­30th, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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** [ [https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/crouse-Reprint.pdf pdf] | [http://linuxbios.org/images/8/88/Crouse-Reprint.pdf pdf (local copy)] ]
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* LinuxBIOS - Freedom for your motherboard
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* '''LinuxBIOS - Freedom for your motherboard''', Alan Carvalho de Assis
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** Alan Carvalho de Assis
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** FISL 8.0 (8th Forum Internacional de Software Livre). [ [[Media:LinuxBIOS-FISL8.pdf|pdf]] ]
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** FISL 8.0 (8th Forum Internacional de Software Livre)
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** [ [[Media:LinuxBIOS-FISL8.pdf|pdf]] ]
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* FSF is moving towards LinuxBIOS deployment (Russian article)
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* '''FSF is moving towards LinuxBIOS deployment (Russian article)''', Anton Borisov
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** Anton Borisov
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** SAMAG, 02-2006 (http://www.samag.ru). [ [[Media:LX2%40FSF_4a.pdf|pdf]] | [http://ps.kaos.ru/download/FSF_migrates_to_LinuxBIOS_technology.pdf alternative PDF] ]
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** SAMAG, 02-2006 (http://www.samag.ru)
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** [ [[Media:LX2%40FSF_4a.pdf|pdf]] | [http://ps.kaos.ru/download/FSF_migrates_to_LinuxBIOS_technology.pdf alternative PDF] ]
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* '''FreeVGA: Architecture Independent Video Graphics Initialization for LinuxBIOS''', Li-Ta Lo, Gregory R. Watson, Ronald G. Minnich
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** Usenix, February 25 2005 (??). [ [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/vgabios/ html] | [[Media:vgabios.pdf|pdf]] ]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040414101354/http://www.lysator.liu.se/upplysning/fa/linuxbios.pdf Doing Linux programming close to the hardware] (PDF),  Christer Weinigel
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* [http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Integrating_9load_into_the_linuxbios/index.html Integrating 9load into the LinuxBIOS]
  
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* FreeVGA: Architecture Independent Video Graphics Initialization for LinuxBIOS
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* '''[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7170 LinuxBIOS at Four]''', Ronald G. Minnich
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** Li-Ta Lo, Gregory R. Watson, Ronald G. Minnich
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** Linux Journal
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** Usenix, February 25 2005 (??)
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** [ [http://www.linuxbios.org/data/vgabios/ html] | [[Media:vgabios.pdf|pdf]] ]
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* Flexibility in ROM: A Stackable Open Source BIOS
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* '''Flexibility in ROM: A Stackable Open Source BIOS''', Adam Agnew, Adam Sulmicki, Ronald Minnich, William Arbaugh
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** Adam Agnew, Adam Sulmicki, Ronald Minnich, William Arbaugh
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** USENIX 2003 Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track, [ [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/tech/freenix03/agnew/agnew_html/index.html HTML] ]
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** USENIX 2003 Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track
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** [ [http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/tech/freenix03/agnew/agnew_html/index.html HTML] ]
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* Supermon: High performance monitoring for Linux clusters
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* '''Supermon: High performance monitoring for Linux clusters''', Ron Minnich, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Karen Reid, University of Toronto
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** Ron Minnich, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Karen Reid, University of Toronto
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2001/ Fifth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Oakland, CA, November 5-10 2001, [ [[Media:supermon.ps|ps]] ]  
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2001/ Fifth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Oakland, CA, November 5-10 2001
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** [ [[Media:supermon.ps|ps]] ]  
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* LOBOS and LinuxBIOS
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* '''LOBOS and LinuxBIOS''', Cluster Research Brochure
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** Cluster Research Brochure
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** Prepared for SC 2000, November 4-10 2000, [ [[Media:sc00.pdf|pdf]] ]  
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** prepared for SC 2000, November 4-10 2000
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** [ [[Media:sc00.pdf|pdf]] ]  
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* The Linux BIOS
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* '''The Linux BIOS''', Ron Minnich, James Hendricks, and Dale Webster, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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** Ron Minnich, James Hendricks, and Dale Webster, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2000/ Fourth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Atlanta, GA, October 4-11 2000, [ [[Media:linuxbios.pdf|pdf]] | [[Media:linuxbios.ps|ps]] ]  
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2000/ Fourth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Atlanta, GA, October 4-11 2000
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** [ [[Media:linuxbios.pdf|pdf]] | [[Media:linuxbios.ps|ps]] ]  
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* LOBOS (Linux OS Boots Linux OS): Booting a Kernel in 32-bit Mode
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*''' LOBOS (Linux OS Boots Linux OS): Booting a Kernel in 32-bit Mode''', Ron Minnich, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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** Ron Minnich, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2000/ Fourth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Atlanta, GA, October 4-11 2000, [ [[Media:lobos.pdf|pdf]] | [[Media:lobos.ps|ps]] ]  
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** The [http://www.linuxshowcase.org/2000/ Fourth Annual Linux Showcase and Conference], Atlanta, GA, October 4-11 2000
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** [ [[Media:lobos.pdf|pdf]] | [[Media:lobos.ps|ps]] ]  
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* Putting Linux on your motherboard
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* '''Putting Linux on your motherboard''', Antony Stone
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** Antony Stone
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** [http://www.linux-magazine.com/ Linux Magazine], March, 2003, Pg. 76,  [ [[Media:LinuxBIOS.pdf|pdf]] ]
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** [http://www.linux-magazine.com/ Linux Magazine], March, 2003, Pg. 76
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** [ [[Media:LinuxBIOS.pdf|pdf]] ]
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* Look Ma, No Bios
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* '''Look Ma, No Bios''', Oleg Goldshmidt
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** IBM Haifa Research Laboratory, July 2006, [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/lectures.html Oleg's talks], [ [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.html html] | [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.html.zip html.zip] | [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.ppt.zip ppt.zip] | [[Media:LookMaNoBIOS.pdf|pdf]] ]
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** IBM Haifa Research Laboratory, July 2006
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** [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/lectures.html Oleg's talks]
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** [ [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.html html] | [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.html.zip html.zip] | [http://www.goldshmidt.org/about/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSHaifux.ppt.zip ppt.zip] | [[Media:LookMaNoBIOS.pdf|pdf]] ]
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* A Framework for Using Processor Cache as RAM (CAR)
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* '''A Framework for Using Processor Cache as RAM (CAR)''', Eswaramoorthi Nallusamy
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** Eswaramoorthi Nallusamy
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** University of New Mexico, [ [[Media:LBCar.ppt|ppt]] | [[Media:LBCar.pdf|pdf]]]
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** University of New Mexico
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** [ [[Media:LBCar.ppt|ppt]] | [[Media:LBCar.pdf|pdf]]]
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== Books ==
 
== Books ==

Revision as of 22:44, 15 December 2012

This page is a collection of coreboot-related documentation resources, HOWTOs, development notes, articles and papers.

Obsolete documentation

This is a list of obsolete or heavily outdated documentation, any information here should be used with care.

coreboot v3 (obsolete):

coreboot v1 (obsolete):

Other:

Coreboot Porting Guides

Motherboard Porting Guide AGESA Porting Guide

Papers/articles/slides

  • Breaking the Chains -- Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors, Jordan H. Crouse, Marc E. Jones, Ronald G. Minnich.
    • Proceedings of the Linux Symposium, June 27th-­30th, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [ pdf | pdf (local copy) ]
  • LinuxBIOS - Freedom for your motherboard, Alan Carvalho de Assis
    • FISL 8.0 (8th Forum Internacional de Software Livre). [ pdf ]
  • FreeVGA: Architecture Independent Video Graphics Initialization for LinuxBIOS, Li-Ta Lo, Gregory R. Watson, Ronald G. Minnich
    • Usenix, February 25 2005 (??). [ html | pdf ]
  • Flexibility in ROM: A Stackable Open Source BIOS, Adam Agnew, Adam Sulmicki, Ronald Minnich, William Arbaugh
    • USENIX 2003 Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track, [ HTML ]
  • Supermon: High performance monitoring for Linux clusters, Ron Minnich, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Karen Reid, University of Toronto
  • LOBOS and LinuxBIOS, Cluster Research Brochure
    • Prepared for SC 2000, November 4-10 2000, [ pdf ]
  • Putting Linux on your motherboard, Antony Stone
  • A Framework for Using Processor Cache as RAM (CAR), Eswaramoorthi Nallusamy
    • University of New Mexico, [ ppt | pdf]

Books

These books do not address LinuxBIOS specifically but provide background information useful for BIOS-level programming on PC hardware.

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