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- Single channel DDR3L: requires mrc.bin (extracted from ChromeBook firmware) - Tested, working with: 2GB SK Hynix stick, 4GB Samsung stick - VGA: Video works with VGA rom extracted from UEFI - SeaBIOS (runs the option rom) tested, works in text mode - GRUB2 (coreboot runs the option rom) tested, works in VESA mode, no video in text mode - USB: Both USB2.0 ports work using the EHCI controller - Works in both SeaBIOS, GRUB2 and Linux - Serial: driven by an IT8728F SuperIO - Works as a console in coreboot, SeaBIOS and GRUB2 - Works with interrupts in Linux after a cold boot, after a warm reboot IRQs get lost - SATA: 2 ports on board (one is mSATA) - SATA init works with both refcode.elf and native refcode (patch CB:43133) - Booting from SATA works with GRUB2, SATA works in Linux - Patch CB:44088 fixes SATA in SeaBIOS - 4 PCIe Intel ethernet controllers - Only tested in Linux, all 4 work with the igb driver - Power button, reset button and both indicator LEDs work - Optional fan header is not tested as the appliance is passively cooled - TXE (ME): optional, does not shut down after 30 minutes without the TXE blob - Works with TXE blob left as is, shows up on PCI - Works with the entire TXE section wiped, no device on PCI, intelmetool can't find anything Used rambi as an example, but almost everything is modified as the two boards are very different. Signed-off-by: Mate Kukri <kukri.mate@gmail.com> Change-Id: I99ed0c94c3255578151f940ad9b274e6f0816bfe Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/43087 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com> |
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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 https://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:
Build Requirements
- make
- gcc / g++
Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot
does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due
to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse -
by generating broken object code.
Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the
ANY_TOOLCHAINKconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case). - iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
- pkg-config
- libssl-dev (openssl)
Optional:
- doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
- gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
- ncurses (for
make menuconfigandmake nconfig) - flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)
Building coreboot
Please consult https://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 https://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:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://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.