From 5eef65bbbf99d262a5fe53bee8a642c2350fb789 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Reinauer Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:05:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README with newer version of the text from the web page MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer Change-Id: I4f181979ca5e47b27731c681a320b34cbecc0027 Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/19 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Marc Jones Reviewed-by: Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle --- README | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d87969559f..2c25bef8a8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary -BIOS you can find in most of today's computers. +coreboot is a Free Software 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. -It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes -one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel or a bootloader. +With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, +coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly +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 was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads