Documentation: add Intel Broadwell

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# Blobs used in Intel Broadwell boards
All Broadwell boards supported by coreboot require two proprietary blobs.
In a coreboot image of a Broadwell board, the blobs are named `mrc.bin` and
`refcode` in CBFS.
`mrc.bin` is run in romstage to initialize the memory. It is placed at a fixed
address in CBFS and is loaded at a fixed address in memory.
`refcode` is run in ramstage to initialize the system agent and the PCH. It is
a relocatable ELF object.
## Obtaining the blobs
Both `mrc.bin` and `refcode` can be obtained from a coreboot image of a Broadwell
board, for example a Purism Librem 13 v1 coreboot image from [MrChromebox].
cbfstool coreboot_*.rom extract -f broadwell-mrc.bin -n mrc.bin
cbfstool coreboot_*.rom extract -m x86 -f broadwell-refcode.elf -n fallback/refcode
## SPD Addresses
The SPD addresses in Broadwell `pei_data` struct are similar to [Haswell].
## Intel GbE support
Unlike Haswell boards, the `pei_data` struct of Broadwell doesn't have `gbe_enable`
field. For boards with an Intel GbE device, a modification of `refcode` is needed,
otherwise `refcode` will disable the Intel GbE device and the OS cannot find it
in the list of PCI devices.
## Use Broadwell SoC code for Haswell ULT boards
Haswell ULT boards can use Broadwell SoC code. To use Broadwell code for Haswell ULT
boards, `devicetree.cb` file and `pei_data` code need to be ported to Broadwell, and
build the code with Broadwell `mrc.bin` and `refcode` instead of using Haswell `mrc.bin`.
Broadwell SoC code doesn't support non-ULT Haswell or non-ULT Broadwell boards.
[MrChromebox]: https://mrchromebox.tech/
[Haswell]: ../../../northbridge/intel/haswell/mrc.bin.md

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# Intel Broadwell documentation
This section describes the Intel Broadwell SoC.
## Proprietary blobs
- [mrc.bin and refcode](blobs.md)

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- [Common code development strategy](code_development_model/code_development_model.md) - [Common code development strategy](code_development_model/code_development_model.md)
- [FSP](fsp/index.md) - [FSP](fsp/index.md)
- [Broadwell](broadwell/index.md)
- [Ice Lake/9th Gen Core-i series](icelake/index.md) - [Ice Lake/9th Gen Core-i series](icelake/index.md)
- [MP Initialization](mp_init/mp_init.md) - [MP Initialization](mp_init/mp_init.md)
- [Microcode Updates](microcode.md) - [Microcode Updates](microcode.md)