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Nico Huber 1f6bd94fa8 libpayload: New AHCI, ATA and ATAPI drivers 
This adds a new interface for storage devices. A driver for ATA and
ATAPI drives on AHCI host controllers comes along.

The interface is very simple and was designed to match FILO's needs.
It consists of three functions:

  void storage_initialize(void);
  Initializes controllers. Should be called once at startup.

  storage_poll_t storage_probe(size_t dev_num);
     with typedef enum {
            POLL_NO_DEVICE      = -2,
            POLL_ERROR          = -1,
            POLL_NO_MEDIUM      =  0,
            POLL_MEDIUM_PRESENT =  1,
          } storage_poll_t;
  Looks for a drive with number dev_num (drives are counted from
  zero) and polls for a medium in the drive if appropriate.

  int storage_read_blocks512(size_t dev_num,
                             u64 start, size_t count,
                             unsigned char *buf);
  Reads count blocks of 512 bytes from block start of drive dev_num
  into buf.

Change-Id: I1c85796b7f8e379ff3817a61b1837636b57e182b
Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.huber@secunet.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/1622
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>
 		2012-10-27 02:52:58 +02:00
3rdparty@f933fda790 Finally update 3rdparty 2012-07-19 13:58:02 +02:00
documentation AMD S3: Add a document about S3 on AMD platform 2012-08-15 23:19:50 +02:00
payloads libpayload: New AHCI, ATA and ATAPI drivers 2012-10-27 02:52:58 +02:00
src Take care of NULL chip_ops->name 2012-10-27 02:52:15 +02:00
util crossgcc: update to Python 2.7.3 2012-10-27 02:32:11 +02:00
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README Update README with newer version of the text from the web page 2011-06-15 10:16:33 +02:00

README 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
coreboot README
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

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
--------

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.


Supported Hardware
------------------

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices


Build Requirements
------------------

 * gcc / g++
 * make

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
-----------------

Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.


Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
------------------------------------------------

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide
to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run
coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.


Website and Mailing List
------------------------

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

  http://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

  http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist


Copyright and License
---------------------

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual
developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)",
and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which
were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply.
Please check the individual source files for details.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.