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Documentation: Describe our ecosystem Neither payloads nor distributors are an integral part of the coreboot source tree, but they're very important parts of the coreboot ecosystems, so add some descriptions. Change-Id: Id64744c252b6b78c4811fbded48c441ef486ad94 Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31180 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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# Payloads
coreboot doesn't try to mandate how the boot process should look, it merely
does hardware init and then passes on control to another piece of software
that we carry along in firmware storage, the _payload_.
There is various software in that space that is either explicitly written as
payload or can be made to work as one.
## SeaBIOS
[SeaBIOS](https://www.seabios.org) is an open source implementation of
the PCBIOS API that exists since the original IBM PC and was extended
Docs: Reword and extend SeaBIOS description The sentence about using SeaBIOS as secondary payload sounded confusing, so reword it. While at it, improve and extend on SeaBIOS features. Change-Id: Ic06b9f56ab8082f2e6eff5fd8d31525429fd948d Signed-off-by: Bill XIE <persmule@hardenedlinux.org> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/64958 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@mailbox.org>
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since. While originally written for emulators such as QEMU, it can be built
as a coreboot payload. It supports executing Option ROMs in a more complete
fashion than coreboot. It also supports Multiboot.
When chainloaded from GRUB2, the following menuentry could be used:
payloads/external: Add more option related to SeaBIOS and GRUB2 Also known as "SeaGRUB", running GRUB2 atop SeaBIOS proves to be a useful configuration, since SeaBIOS has improved its hardware compatibility. For example, some USB drive can work under SeaBIOS but do not work under native GRUB2, and GRUB2 can use BIOS call (provided by SeaBIOS) as a fallback method to access hardware if it is present. But more option is added addition to "SeaGRUB": now GRUB2 and SeaBIOS can be built as secondary payloads, and "SeaGRUB" is now implemented as "Primary SeaBIOS + Secondary GRUB2 (selected) + config files". Signed-off-by: Bill XIE <persmule@hardenedlinux.org> Change-Id: Ie681fa231abfe4a8f1e4510b3c17957550a9d2f8 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/60640 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Martin L Roth <gaumless@tutanota.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@mailbox.org>
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menuentry "SeaBIOS" --unrestricted {
root=(cbfsdisk)
multiboot /img/seabios
module /vgaroms/seavgabios.bin
}
Documentation: Describe our ecosystem Neither payloads nor distributors are an integral part of the coreboot source tree, but they're very important parts of the coreboot ecosystems, so add some descriptions. Change-Id: Id64744c252b6b78c4811fbded48c441ef486ad94 Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31180 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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payloads/tianocore: Rename TianoCore to edk2 coreboot uses TianoCore interchangeably with EDK II, and whilst the meaning is generally clear, it's not the payload it uses. EDK II is commonly written as edk2. coreboot builds edk2 directly from the edk2 repository. Whilst it can build some components from edk2-platforms, the target is still edk2. [1] tianocore.org - "Welcome to TianoCore, the community supporting" [2] tianocore.org - "EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and UEFI Platform Initialization (PI) specifications." Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems> Change-Id: I4de125d92ae38ff8dfd0c4c06806c2d2921945ab Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/65820 Reviewed-by: Lean Sheng Tan <sheng.tan@9elements.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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## edk2
Documentation: Describe our ecosystem Neither payloads nor distributors are an integral part of the coreboot source tree, but they're very important parts of the coreboot ecosystems, so add some descriptions. Change-Id: Id64744c252b6b78c4811fbded48c441ef486ad94 Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31180 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
2019-01-31 17:01:50 +01:00
payloads/tianocore: Rename TianoCore to edk2 coreboot uses TianoCore interchangeably with EDK II, and whilst the meaning is generally clear, it's not the payload it uses. EDK II is commonly written as edk2. coreboot builds edk2 directly from the edk2 repository. Whilst it can build some components from edk2-platforms, the target is still edk2. [1] tianocore.org - "Welcome to TianoCore, the community supporting" [2] tianocore.org - "EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and UEFI Platform Initialization (PI) specifications." Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems> Change-Id: I4de125d92ae38ff8dfd0c4c06806c2d2921945ab Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/65820 Reviewed-by: Lean Sheng Tan <sheng.tan@9elements.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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[edk2](https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Getting-Started-with-EDK-II) is an open-source modern, feature-rich,
cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and UEFI
Documentation: Get rid of trailing whitespaces Signed-off-by: Elyes Haouas <ehaouas@noos.fr> Change-Id: I698a9501fd3d47e1e5793df32ae1e4118dfd95f6 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/68328 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
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Platform Initialization (PI) specifications.
Documentation: Describe our ecosystem Neither payloads nor distributors are an integral part of the coreboot source tree, but they're very important parts of the coreboot ecosystems, so add some descriptions. Change-Id: Id64744c252b6b78c4811fbded48c441ef486ad94 Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31180 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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## GRUB2
GRUB2 was originally written as a bootloader and that's its most popular
purpose, but it can also be compiled as a coreboot payload.
## Linux
There are several projects using Linux as a payload (which was the
configuration that gave coreboot its original name, LinuxBIOS). That kernel is
often rather small and serves to load a current kernel from somewhere, e.g.
disk or network, and run that through the kexec mechanism.
Two aspects emphasized by proponents of Linux-as-a-payload are the
availability of well-tested, battle-hardened drivers (as compared to
firmware project drivers that often reinvent the wheel) and the ability to
define boot policy with familiar tools, no matter if those are shell scripts
or compiled userland programs written in C, Go or other programming languages.
Documentation: Add Heads to payloads Add a small description about Heads. Change-Id: I2e768a640751fee1b1b5df4401205e24cde0607c Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/39150 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>
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## Heads
[Heads] is a distribution that bundles coreboot, Linux, busybox and custom
tools to provide reproducible ROMs. [Heads] aims to provide a secure and
flexible boot environment for laptops and servers.
It supports features like measured boot, kexec, GPG, OTP, TLS, firmware
updates, but only works on a limited amount of mainboards.
For more details have a look at [heads-wiki].
[Heads]: https://github.com/osresearch/heads
payloads/external: Add more option related to SeaBIOS and GRUB2 Also known as "SeaGRUB", running GRUB2 atop SeaBIOS proves to be a useful configuration, since SeaBIOS has improved its hardware compatibility. For example, some USB drive can work under SeaBIOS but do not work under native GRUB2, and GRUB2 can use BIOS call (provided by SeaBIOS) as a fallback method to access hardware if it is present. But more option is added addition to "SeaGRUB": now GRUB2 and SeaBIOS can be built as secondary payloads, and "SeaGRUB" is now implemented as "Primary SeaBIOS + Secondary GRUB2 (selected) + config files". Signed-off-by: Bill XIE <persmule@hardenedlinux.org> Change-Id: Ie681fa231abfe4a8f1e4510b3c17957550a9d2f8 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/60640 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Martin L Roth <gaumless@tutanota.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@mailbox.org>
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[heads-wiki]: http://osresearch.net/