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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>
2019-01-31 17:01:50 +01:00
# Distributions
coreboot doesn't provide binaries but provides a toolbox that others can use
to build boot firmware for all kinds of purposes. These third-parties can be
broadly separated in two groups: Those shipping coreboot on their hardware,
and those providing after-market firmware to extend the usefulness of devices.
Documentation: update/improve distribution listing - improve descriptions of Purism and ChromeOS hardware - add entry for Libretrend Librebox - improve description of Mr Chromebox and John Lewis' 3rd party ChromeOS firmware offerings Change-Id: I66bd1a3701091e499d88738a7c06126de66e58ff Signed-off-by: Matt DeVillier <matt.devillier@gmail.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31252 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
2019-02-05 23:39:43 +01:00
## Hardware shipping with coreboot
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
Documentation: order distributions alphabetically Change-Id: I95d4347791988087d90992b45120ff34ba2da1c5 Signed-off-by: Markus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/78864 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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### ChromeOS Devices
All ChromeOS devices ([Chromebooks](https://chromebookdb.com/), Chromeboxes,
Chromebit, etc) released from 2012 onward use coreboot for their main system
firmware. Additionally, starting with the 2013 Chromebook Pixel, the firmware
running on the Embedded Controller (EC) – a small microcontroller which provides
functions like battery management, keyboard support, and sensor interfacing –
is open source as well.
Documentation: add Nitrokey to distributions Nitrokey offers various products, which have coreboot pre-installed. Change-Id: I3ef25e0e1cb97eda5fd457bdb650f3ee3f00210a Signed-off-by: Markus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/78299 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2023-10-12 14:08:30 +02:00
### Nitrokey
[Nitrokey](https://nitrokey.com) is a german IT security hardware vendor which
offers a range of laptops, PCs, HSMs, and networking devices with coreboot and
[Dasharo](https://dasharo.com/). The devices come with neutralized Intel
Management Engine (ME) and with pre-installed [Heads](http://osresearch.net) or
EDK2 payload providing measured boot and verified boot protection. For
additional security the systems can be physically sealed and pictures of those
sealings are sent via encrypted email.
Documentation: Add NovaCustom laptops to ships-with-coreboot hw list Change-Id: Ic0fc521d13362b2f3047eb91af8d5b3ac74eaa1d Signed-off-by: Igor Bagnucki <igor.bagnucki@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/63389 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@mailbox.org> Reviewed-by: Maciej Pijanowski <maciej.pijanowski@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-by: Michał Żygowski <michal.zygowski@3mdeb.com>
2022-04-06 09:55:35 +02:00
### NovaCustom laptops
[NovaCustom](https://configurelaptop.eu/) sells configurable laptops with
[Dasharo](https://dasharo.com/) coreboot based firmware on board, maintained by
[3mdeb](https://3mdeb.com/). NovaCustom offers full GNU/Linux and Microsoft
Windows compatibility. NovaCustom ensures security updates via fwupd for 5 years
and the firmware is equipped with important security features such as measured
boot, verified boot, TPM integration and UEFI Secure Boot.
Documentation: Mention PC Engines as ships-with-coreboot hardware Change-Id: I9d57abcff9c2472cc58b7fbca00441cd38a7f1a1 Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31259 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> Reviewed-by: Piotr Król <piotr.krol@3mdeb.com>
2019-02-06 22:04:19 +01:00
### PC Engines APUs
[PC Engines](https://pcengines.ch) designs and sells embedded PC hardware that
ships with coreboot and support upstream maintenance for the devices through a
third party, [3mdeb](https://3mdeb.com). They provide current and tested
firmware binaries on [GitHub](https://pcengines.github.io).
Documentation: order distributions alphabetically Change-Id: I95d4347791988087d90992b45120ff34ba2da1c5 Signed-off-by: Markus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/78864 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2023-11-01 17:07:36 +01:00
### Purism
[Purism](https://www.puri.sm) sells laptops with a focus on user privacy and
security; part of that effort is to minimize the amount of proprietary and/or
binary code. Their laptops ship with a blob-free OS and coreboot firmware
with a neutralized Intel Management Engine (ME) and SeaBIOS as the payload.
mainboard/starlabs: Add StarBook Mk V Tested using MrChromeBox's `uefipayload_202107` branch: * Windows 10 * Ubuntu 20.04 * MX Linux 19.4 * Manjaro 21 No known issues. https://starlabs.systems/pages/starbook-specification Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems> Change-Id: I090971a9e8d2be5b08be886d00d304607304b645 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/56088 Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2021-07-05 17:03:15 +02:00
### Star Labs
[Star Labs](https://starlabs.systems/) offers a range of laptops designed and
built specifically for Linux that are available with coreboot firmware. They
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>
2022-07-13 11:11:44 +02:00
use edk2 as the payload and include an NVRAM option to disable the Intel
Management Engine.
mainboard/starlabs: Add StarBook Mk V Tested using MrChromeBox's `uefipayload_202107` branch: * Windows 10 * Ubuntu 20.04 * MX Linux 19.4 * Manjaro 21 No known issues. https://starlabs.systems/pages/starbook-specification Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems> Change-Id: I090971a9e8d2be5b08be886d00d304607304b645 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/56088 Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2021-07-05 17:03:15 +02:00
Documentation/distributions: List System76 Copy the text from the [Web site](https://coreboot.org/users.html). Change-Id: I805f558514eb50580b5bd79bd4f964e66a15158d Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/54273 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Tim Crawford <tcrawford@system76.com> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
2021-05-13 12:08:34 +02:00
### System76
[System76](https://system76.com/) manufactures Linux laptops, desktops, and
servers. Some models are sold with [System76 Open
Firmware](https://github.com/system76/firmware-open), an open source
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>
2022-07-13 11:11:44 +02:00
distribution of coreboot, edk2, and System76 firmware applications.
Documentation/distributions: List System76 Copy the text from the [Web site](https://coreboot.org/users.html). Change-Id: I805f558514eb50580b5bd79bd4f964e66a15158d Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/54273 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Tim Crawford <tcrawford@system76.com> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
2021-05-13 12:08:34 +02:00
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
## After-market firmware
Documentation: Add Dasharo to after-market firmware list Change-Id: I19dbf70bc9ceec1408944c4029db6eabd5e2254d Signed-off-by: Igor Bagnucki <igor.bagnucki@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/63396 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Maciej Pijanowski <maciej.pijanowski@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-by: Michał Żygowski <michal.zygowski@3mdeb.com>
2022-04-06 10:32:03 +02:00
### Dasharo
[Dasharo](https://dasharo.com/) is an open-source based firmware distribution
focusing on clean and simple code, long-term maintenance, transparent
validation, privacy-respecting implementation, liberty for the owners, and
trustworthiness for all.
Documentation/distributions.md: Update Dasharo description Add info on where to contribute to Dasharo. Signed-off-by: Kacper Stojek <kacper.stojek@3mdeb.com> Change-Id: I1b7e7aa05a0cabc990bddfaf957873402ebe183f Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/70852 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <felixsinger@posteo.net>
2022-12-16 09:05:27 +01:00
Contributions are welcome,
[this document](https://docs.dasharo.com/ways-you-can-help-us/).
Documentation: Add Dasharo to after-market firmware list Change-Id: I19dbf70bc9ceec1408944c4029db6eabd5e2254d Signed-off-by: Igor Bagnucki <igor.bagnucki@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/63396 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Maciej Pijanowski <maciej.pijanowski@3mdeb.com> Reviewed-by: Michał Żygowski <michal.zygowski@3mdeb.com>
2022-04-06 10:32:03 +02:00
Documentation: add the Heads project to the list of distributions As this is a unique, actively maintained project, we should probably point there too. The text is just copied parts of the http://osresearch.net/ website. Change-Id: Ib2a8e4b28bc94c5dc6a1ae9388f96ad2c502ccab Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31257 Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2019-02-06 17:16:36 +01:00
### Heads
[Heads](http://osresearch.net) is an open source custom firmware and OS
configuration for laptops and servers that aims to provide slightly better
physical security and protection for data on the system. Unlike
[Tails](https://tails.boum.org/), which aims to be a stateless OS that leaves
no trace on the computer of its presence, Heads is intended for the case where
you need to store data and state on the computer.
Heads is not just another Linux distribution – it combines physical hardening
of specific hardware platforms and flash security features with custom coreboot
firmware and a Linux boot loader in ROM.
Documentation: add Skulls to the list of distributions There seem to be enough users of the Skulls images to have the project listed in our docs. Change-Id: I5a8f24005fec87d53af7ad53370cb6a704378622 Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31463 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org> Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
2019-02-18 11:36:26 +01:00
Documentation: order distributions alphabetically Change-Id: I95d4347791988087d90992b45120ff34ba2da1c5 Signed-off-by: Markus Meissner <coder@safemailbox.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/78864 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer <service+coreboot-gerrit@felixsinger.de> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2023-11-01 17:07:36 +01:00
### Libreboot
[Libreboot](https://libreboot.org) is a downstream coreboot distribution that
provides ready-made firmware images for supported devices: those which can be
built entirely from source code. Their copy of the coreboot repository is
therefore stripped of all devices that require binary components to boot.
### MrChromebox
[MrChromebox](https://mrchromebox.tech/) provides upstream coreboot firmware
images for the vast majority of x86-based Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, using
edk2 as the payload to provide a modern UEFI bootloader. Why replace
coreboot with coreboot? Mr Chromebox's images are built using upstream
coreboot (vs Google's older, static tree/branch), include many features and
fixes not found in the stock firmware, and offer much broader OS compatibility
(i.e., they run Windows as well as Linux). They also offer updated CPU
microcode, as well as firmware updates for the device's embedded controller
(EC). This firmware "takes the training wheels off" your ChromeOS device :)
Documentation: add Skulls to the list of distributions There seem to be enough users of the Skulls images to have the project listed in our docs. Change-Id: I5a8f24005fec87d53af7ad53370cb6a704378622 Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@posteo.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/31463 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org> Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
2019-02-18 11:36:26 +01:00
### Skulls
[Skulls](https://github.com/merge/skulls) provides firmware images for
laptops like the Lenovo Thinkpad X230. It uses upstream coreboot, an easy
to use payload like SeaBIOS and Intel's latest microcode update.
It simplifies installation and includes compact documentation. Skulls also
enables easy switching to [Heads](#heads) and back.