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Uwe Hermann 7eb845e815 Import a slightly modified Bayou version into svn. This is based on the last snapshot posted by Jordan Crouse. This commit is long overdue. Changes by me include: - Rename 'utils' to 'util' for consistency with our other projects. - Move the main code out of src/* into the top-level directory. - Add missing license headers to the following files: Makefile, pbuilder/liblar/Makefile, util/pbuilder/Makefile. - Dropped the util/pbuilder/lzma completely. I'm working on reusing the lzma/ dir from v3 via svn:externals. Alas, this also means that Bayou won't yet compile out of the box. - Coding-style and white-space fixes (indent) for all files. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@3719 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1		2008-11-02 17:01:06 +00:00
documentation	Rename almost all occurences of LinuxBIOS to coreboot.	2008-01-18 15:08:58 +00:00
payloads	Import a slightly modified Bayou version into svn. This is based	2008-11-02 17:01:06 +00:00
src	Trim down the list of southbridges supported by the i82801xx driver	2008-11-02 14:33:51 +00:00
targets	Leave room for ROM growth and for the payload. (trivial)	2008-10-30 22:13:51 +00:00
util	Add support for the ST M50FW002 chip to flashrom. Identification only,	2008-11-02 14:25:11 +00:00
COPYING	update license template.	2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
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README	Rename almost all occurences of LinuxBIOS to coreboot.	2008-01-18 15:08:58 +00:00

README

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Coreboot README
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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.


Payloads
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After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. Examples include:

 * A Linux kernel
 * FILO (a simple bootloader with filesystem support)
 * GRUB2 (a free bootloader; support is in development)
 * OpenBIOS (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * Open Firmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * SmartFirmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * GNUFI (a free, UEFI-compatible firmware)
 * Etherboot (for network booting and booting from raw IDE or FILO)
 * ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 or OpenBSD)
 * Plan 9 (a distributed operating system)
 * memtest86 (for testing your RAM)


Supported Hardware
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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


Website and Mailing List
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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
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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.