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Patrick Georgi 240ef7c769 Change the CBFS build process to use coreboot.rom
instead of coreboot.strip. That fixes the normal
image because the calculations for its offset in
the ROM match reality again.

This requires changes in CBFS configurations to
minimize the bootblock size. These are also done
for CBFS boards.

Other than this a couple of minor fixes are in this
patch:
- make asus/m2v-mx_se build with abuild with a
  crosscompiler
- move CONFIG_CBFS for hp/dl145_g3 to Options.lb
  as it's done everywhere else
- change the default config of abuild to not
  provide ROM_IMAGE_SIZE values for the images
  in a CBFS configuration
- change abuild's crosscompile autodetection to
  not try to use "i386-elf-i386-elf-gcc" (which
  is bogus)

Except for the latter two abuild changes (both
in util/abuild/abuild), they're available as
patch set on the mailing list in a mail from
2009-06-05 titled
[PATCH]es to get normal image to work again with CBFS

The changes in util/abuild/abuild are trivial and
abuild tested.

As discussed on the list,
targets/hp/dl145_g3/Config-abuild.lb is
deleted, now that Config.lb works again.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <patrick.georgi@coresystems.de>
Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>


git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@4344 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
2009-06-06 07:19:53 +00:00
documentation There's no 'svg2pdf' in Debian AFAICT, probably the same problem on 2009-05-12 14:24:25 +00:00
payloads Tell lpgcc about the target architecture directory. This slipped through since 2009-05-26 18:01:53 +00:00
src Change the CBFS build process to use coreboot.rom 2009-06-06 07:19:53 +00:00
targets Change the CBFS build process to use coreboot.rom 2009-06-06 07:19:53 +00:00
util Change the CBFS build process to use coreboot.rom 2009-06-06 07:19:53 +00:00
COPYING update license template. 2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
NEWS Rename almost all occurences of LinuxBIOS to coreboot. 2008-01-18 15:08:58 +00:00
README Improvements for the coreboot v2 README: 2009-04-17 17:11:39 +00:00

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

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
BIOS you can find in most of today's computers.

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.


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
 * python
 * perl

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)


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

Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Documentation 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 (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) 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.