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Aaron Durbin 6d720f38e0 cbfs/vboot: remove firmware component support
The Chrome OS verified boot path supported multiple CBFS
instances in the boot media as well as stand-alone assets
sitting in each vboot RW slot. Remove the support for the
stand-alone assets and always use CBFS accesses as the
way to retrieve data.

This is implemented by adding a cbfs_locator object which
is queried for locating the current CBFS. Additionally, it
is also signalled prior to when a program is about to be
loaded by coreboot for the subsequent stage/payload. This
provides the same opportunity as previous for vboot to
hook in and perform its logic.

BUG=chromium:445938
BRANCH=None
TEST=Built and ran on glados.
CQ-DEPEND=CL:307121,CL:31691,CL:31690

Change-Id: I6a3a15feb6edd355d6ec252c36b6f7885b383099
Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/12689
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Tested-by: Raptor Engineering Automated Test Stand <noreply@raptorengineeringinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
2015-12-10 04:43:58 +01:00
3rdparty 3rdparty/blobs: Update for latest Carrizo Blobs 2015-12-07 16:10:29 +01:00
Documentation Documentation: coreboot Gerrit Etiquette and Guidelines 2015-11-24 03:52:04 +01:00
payloads libpayload/configs/config.veyron: Use CONFIG_LP_8250_SERIAL_CONSOLE 2015-12-06 22:24:30 +01:00
src cbfs/vboot: remove firmware component support 2015-12-10 04:43:58 +01:00
util cbfstool: make top-aligned address work per-region 2015-12-09 00:21:56 +01:00
.clang-format Provide coreboot coding style formalisation file for clang-format 2015-11-10 00:49:03 +01:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add output files for various make targets 2015-11-24 22:35:34 +01:00
.gitmodules submodules: add arm-trusted-firmware third-party repository 2015-06-23 08:20:24 +02:00
.gitreview add .gitreview 2012-11-01 23:13:39 +01:00
COPYING
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Define all subsystems and their files 2015-12-09 16:19:28 +01:00
Makefile Makefile: Individualize help targets & set as non-compile targets 2015-12-06 18:35:23 +01:00
Makefile.inc Makefile.inc: Add AMDFWTOOL to tools so abuild will stop failing 2015-12-06 18:37:19 +01:00
README README: improve description of compiler requirements 2015-07-30 05:11:33 +02:00
toolchain.inc toolchain.inc: fix typo 2015-12-08 16:48:17 +01:00

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

 * 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_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this
   case).
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig' and 'make nconfig')
 * 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.