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Uwe Hermann 8b8d03974e * Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use. * Improve the --verbose output a bit more. Print the "Probing..." text for all Super I/Os and if a Super I/O is not known, show the data we were able to read from the chip (what data this is is very vendor/chip specific). * Thus the common no_superio_found() is dropped, it's not useful. The "read from 0x20" part was wrong for all Super I/Os other than the NSC ones anyway. * Winbond: For the 'olddevid' only use bits 3..0, mask away the others. * SMSC: Print which ID registers we try to read (in --verbose mode). * Minor cosmetic fixes. * Rename PC8374 to PC8374L (as per datasheet). * Rename probe_idregs_simple() to probe_idregs_nsc(). * Rename dump_readable_ns8374() to dump_readable_pc8374l(). Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@2821 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1		2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
documentation	Document POST codes emitted by LinuxBIOSv2.	2007-03-03 15:01:29 +00:00
src	Thee lines in i82801xx_pci.c need to be removed. They cause the	2007-10-01 18:32:00 +00:00
targets	Fix abuild for the MSI MS-7260 (trivial).	2007-09-21 23:13:28 +00:00
util	* Convert the NSC code to the common code structure all other Super I/Os use.	2007-10-04 15:23:38 +00:00
COPYING	update license template.	2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
NEWS	hurry hurry before we might start 3.0 ;-)	2006-09-08 16:34:51 +00:00
README	Add a note that the resulting LinuxBIOS images are licensed under the	2007-02-27 22:21:59 +00:00

README

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LinuxBIOS README
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LinuxBIOS 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 LinuxBIOS. 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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LinuxBIOS supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

 * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * http://www.linuxbios.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 LinuxBIOS website:

  http://www.linuxbios.org

You can contact us directly on the LinuxBIOS mailing list:

  http://www.linuxbios.org/Mailinglist


Copyright and License
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The copyright on LinuxBIOS is owned by quite a large number of individual
developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

LinuxBIOS 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 LinuxBIOS images licensed under the GPL, version 2.