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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 [[Payloads|payload]].
'''coreboot''' is an Open Source project aimed at replacing the proprietary [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS] (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a [[Payloads|payload]].


We currently support ca. '''[[Supported Motherboards|200]]''' different mainboards (v3: [[Supported Motherboards#Motherboards_supported_in_coreboot_v3|16]], v2: [[Supported Motherboards#Motherboards_supported_in_coreboot_v2|120]], v1: [[Supported Motherboards#Motherboards_supported_in_coreboot_v1|64]], some duplicates included).  
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly from firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like [[SeaBIOS | PC BIOS services]] or [[TianoCore | UEFI]]. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.


coreboot currently supports over '''[[Supported Motherboards|230]]''' different mainboards. Check the [[Support]] page to see if your system is supported.


<div style="font-size:1.8em">10 years!</div>
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Anton Borisov [http://www.h-online.com/open/The-Open-Source-BIOS-is-Ten-An-interview-with-the-coreboot-developers--/features/112353 interviewed the original developers] ([http://www.heise.de/open/Zehn-Jahre-LinuxBIOS-Coreboot--/artikel/121679 german version]) as the Open Source PC firmware celebrates '''ten years of activity'''!
coreboot was formerly known as [http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-January/029135.html LinuxBIOS].
 
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<div style="font-size:1.8em">coreboot v4.1 has not been released!</div>
We belatedly celebrated our recent 10 year anniversary with an April Fool's joke: The fake release of [[Coreboot_4.1|coreboot v4.1]].


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coreboot uses [[git]] for source control and [http://review.coreboot.org gerrit] as the patch review tool.  Please read the [https://review.coreboot.org/gitweb/cgit/coreboot.git/plain/Documentation/gerrit_guidelines.md gerrit etiquette & guidelines] document before submitting or reviewing patches.
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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 to Linux console)
* Fast boot times (500 milliseconds to verified Linux kernel)
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* [[FILO]] / [http://grub.enbug.org/CoreBoot GRUB2] / [[OpenFirmware]] / [[OpenBIOS]]
* [[SeaBIOS]] / [[FILO]] / [[GRUB2]] / [[Payloads|...]] <!-- / [[OpenFirmware]] / [[OpenBIOS]] -->
* [[Linux]] / [[Booting Windows using coreboot|Windows]] / [[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot|FreeBSD]] / [[Coreboot and NetBSD|NetBSD]] / [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]
* [[Linux]] / [[Windows]] / [[FreeBSD]] / [[NetBSD]] / [[Payloads|...]] <!-- / [http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]-->
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'''About'''<br /><small>Find out more about coreboot.<hr />[[News]] | [[Press]] | [[Logo]] | [[Current events|Events]] | [[History]] | [[Screenshots|Screenshots & Videos]] | [[Contributors]] | [[Sponsors]] | [[Products]] | [[Clusters]] | [[Vendors]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">About</span>'''<br /><small>Find out more about coreboot.</small><small><hr />[[Press]] | [[Logo]] | [[History]] | [[Screenshots|Screenshots/Videos]] | [[Contributors]] | [[Sponsors]] | [[Products]] | [[Vendors]]</small>
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'''Developers'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.<hr />[[Development Guidelines]] | [[Developer Manual]] | [[Coreboot v3]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org/docs/doxygen.php Doxygen] | [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/browser/trunk Browse Source] | [[JTAG/BSDL Guide|JTAG]] | [[EHCI Debug Port]] | [[Distributed and Automated Testsystem|Testsystem]] | [[GSoC]] | [[Ideas]] | [[Laptop]] | [[Desktops]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Developers</span>'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.</small><small><hr />[[Development Guidelines]] | [[Developer Manual]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org/docs/doxygen.php Doxygen] | [http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=tree Browse Source] | [[GSoC]] | [[Where to start]] | [[Distributed and Automated Testsystem|Testsystem]]</small>
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'''Status'''<br /><small>Find out whether your hardware is already supported.<hr />[[Supported Motherboards]] | [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|Supported Chipsets & Devices]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org Build Status] | [[Flashrom#Supported_devices|Flashrom support]] | [[Superiotool#Supported_devices|Superiotool support]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Status</span>'''<br /><small>Find out whether your hardware is already supported.</small><small><hr />[[Supported Motherboards|Supported Boards]] | [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|Supported Chipsets]] | [[:Category:Tutorials|Board Status Pages]] | [[Blob Matrix|Blob Matrix]] | [http://qa.coreboot.org Build Status]</small>
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'''Related Tools'''<br /><small>Tools and libraries related to coreboot.<hr />[[Flashrom]] | [[Superiotool]] | [[Nvramtool]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Mkelfimage]] | [[Inteltool]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Related Tools</span>'''<br /><small>Tools and libraries related to coreboot.</small><small><hr />[http://www.flashrom.org flashrom] | [[Superiotool]] | [[Nvramtool]] | [[Buildrom]] | [[Mkelfimage]] | [[Inteltool]] | [[Msrtool]] | [[Ectool]] | [[Developer_Manual/Tools|Hardware tools]] | [[Abuild]] | [http://serialice.com SerialICE]</small>
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'''Getting Started'''<br /><small>Download coreboot and get started.<hr />[[Download coreboot|Downloads]] | [[Documentation]] | [[:Category:Tutorials|Build Tutorials]] | [[Payloads]] | [[QEMU]] | [[AMD SimNow]] | [[Confirmed working svn revisions|Confirmed Working SVN Revisions]] | [[Misc]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Getting Started</span>'''<br /><small>Download coreboot and get started.</small><small><hr />[[Build HOWTO]] | [[Download coreboot|Downloads]] | [[Documentation]] | [[QEMU]] | [[AMD SimNow]] | [[Build from Windows]]</small>
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'''Support'''<br /><small>Learn how to contact us and find help and support.<hr />[[FAQ]] | [[Mailinglist]] | [[IRC]] | [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ Issue Tracker] | [[Glossary]] | [[coreboot Options|corebootv2 Options]]</small>
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Support</span>'''<br /><small>Learn how to contact us and find help and support.</small><small><hr />[[FAQ]] | [[Mailinglist]] | [[IRC]] | [[Glossary]] | [[coreboot Options|coreboot Options]]</small>
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[[File:Coreboot menuconfig.png|center|thumb|[[Build HOWTO|make menuconfig]] in coreboot]]


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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[News]]</span>'''<hr />
'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:120%">[http://blogs.coreboot.org News (blog)]</span>'''<hr />
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* '''2009/03/22:''' [[News#2009.2F03.2F22_coreboot_.40_FSF_LibrePlanet_2009|coreboot @ FSF LibrePlanet]]
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* '''2009/01/10:''' [[News#2009.2F01.2F10_coreboot_and_SeaBIOS_starts_Windows_7|Windows 7 boots]]
* '''2008/12/15:''' [[News#2008.2F12.2F15_ASUS_P2B-DS_now_supported|ASUS P2B-DS support]]
* '''2008/12/09:''' [[News#2008.2F12.2F09_AMD_Pistachio_now_supported|AMD Pistachio support]]
* '''2008/12/05:''' [[News#2008.2F12.2F05_NEC_PowerMate_2000_now_supported|NEC PowerMate 2000 support]]
* '''2008/11/19:''' [[News#2008.2F11.2F19_LiPPERT_Cool_RoadRunner-LX_now_supported|LiPPERT Cool RoadRunner LX support]]
* '''2008/10/30:''' [[News#2008.2F10.2F30_LiPPERT_Cool_SpaceRunner-LX_now_supported|LiPPERT Cool SpaceRunner LX support]]
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Current events|Upcoming Events]]</span>'''<hr />
 
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* '''2009/04/16-17:''' [[User:Stuge|Peter]] presents coreboot at [http://goopen2009.friprog.no/ GoOpen 2009] in Oslo.
* '''2016/05/16''' coreboot community meeting [[coreboot_community_meeting]]
 
* '''2016/05/18''' coreboot user group meeting Berlin 19:00 [https://berlin.ccc.de/wiki/Chaos_Computer_Club_Berlin @chaos computer club berlin]
 
* '''2016/06''' [[Coreboot_conference_San_Francisco_2016|coreboot convention at the Google office in San Francisco, CA, USA]]
 
* '''2016/09''' coreboot convention in Berlin, Germany
 
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* [[Mailinglist|Mailing list]]: [mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org coreboot@coreboot.org]
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* [[IRC]]: '''#coreboot''' (on [http://www.freenode.net/ irc.freenode.net])
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Revision as of 21:23, 7 May 2016

coreboot is an Open Source project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly from firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.

coreboot currently supports over 230 different mainboards. Check the Support page to see if your system is supported.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.

coreboot uses git for source control and gerrit as the patch review tool. Please read the gerrit etiquette & guidelines document before submitting or reviewing patches.

  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (500 milliseconds to verified Linux kernel)
  • Supports many mainboards, chipsets, and payloads

About
Find out more about coreboot.
Press | Logo | History | Screenshots/Videos | Contributors | Sponsors | Products | Vendors

Developers
Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.
Development Guidelines | Developer Manual | Doxygen | Browse Source | GSoC | Where to start | Testsystem

Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.
Supported Boards | Supported Chipsets | Board Status Pages | Blob Matrix | Build Status

Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.
flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Mkelfimage | Inteltool | Msrtool | Ectool | Hardware tools | Abuild | SerialICE

Getting Started
Download coreboot and get started.
Build HOWTO | Downloads | Documentation | QEMU | AMD SimNow | Build from Windows

Support
Learn how to contact us and find help and support.
FAQ | Mailinglist | IRC | Glossary | coreboot Options
make menuconfig in coreboot


News (blog)

<rss max=5>https://blogs.coreboot.org/feed/</rss>


Events

  • 2016/09 coreboot convention in Berlin, Germany



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