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Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 3c45a96138 K8 RAM init debug messages are pretty short and sometimes cryptic. Make
them a bit more verbose and hopefully more understandable.

Old messages for my machine with 5 GB:
RAM: 0x00400000 kB
Ram3
[...]
Initializing memory:  done
RAM: 0x00500000 kB

New messages:
RAM end at 0x00400000 kB
Adjusting lower RAM end
Lower RAM end at 0x003f0000 kB
Ram3
[...]
Initializing memory:  done
Handling memory hole at 0x00300000 (default)
RAM end at 0x00500000 kB
Handling memory mapped above 4 GB
Upper RAM end at 0x00500000 kB
Correcting memory amount mapped below 4 GB
Adjusting lower RAM end
Lower RAM end at 0x00300000 kB

Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Myles Watson <mylesgw@gmail.com>


git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@4341 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
2009-06-05 20:37:35 +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 K8 RAM init debug messages are pretty short and sometimes cryptic. Make 2009-06-05 20:37:35 +00:00
targets rename the option CONFIG_PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_VM86 to CONFIG_PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_REALMODE. 2009-05-29 18:41:09 +00:00
util Revert "CMOS: Add set_option and rework get_option." 2009-06-03 14:19:33 +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

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.