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Bruce Griffith 3a2310e05c AMD Steppe Eagle: Add 32-bit Fletcher's Checksum computation
The AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) requires a Fletcher's
Checksum at the end of the PSP directory.  This code implements
a Fletcher's Checksum by reading bytes from stdin and writes the
bytes back to stdout with a checksum inserted into the byte stream
at the appropriate offset.

This utility is used on PSP binaries during coreboot build.

Include a runtime debug option such that the command:

	fletcher --print <file.bin >file_with_cksum.bin

will print out the computed checksum value for debugging.  The
compile-time debug option is retained that allows -DDEBUG to
be added to the compilation line.  This option has the same
effect as "--print".

Change-Id: I506a479d8204ca4f8267d53aa152ac4b473dbc75
Signed-off-by: Bruce Griffith <Bruce.Griffith@se-eng.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/6676
Reviewed-by: WANG Siyuan <wangsiyuanbuaa@gmail.com>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Zheng Bao <zheng.bao@amd.com>
2014-08-30 00:28:06 +02:00
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README

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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 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.