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Julius Werner 96ed92d49d boardid: Add helpers to read sku_id strapping into coreboot tables
On many recent Chrome OS boards, the desire to unite more configurations
under the same image has led to the need of a "SKU ID" that identifies
different configurations of the same board (e.g. with certain optional
components stuffed or not stuffed, or replaced with a comparable
component). This is markedly different from the existing "board ID",
because that is reserved to count "revisions" -- changes made to the
same configuration over time during the development process. This patch
adds support to have a mainboard define this SKU ID and pass it through
the coreboot table like we already have for board IDs.

Change-Id: I8aabffe8e1003b0d6fb70d689ae513ca4b46aeda
Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/22696
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
2017-12-07 01:19:32 +00:00
3rdparty 3rdparty/lib{hwbase,gfxinit}: Update to latest master 2017-10-28 19:46:17 +00:00
configs configs: Add intel/harcuvar FSP 2.0 sample configuration 2017-10-04 02:56:33 +00:00
Documentation Documentation/Intel/vboot: Remove double word *after* 2017-11-14 15:27:46 +00:00
payloads libpayload: Minor board ID / RAM code cleanups 2017-12-07 01:18:30 +00:00
src boardid: Add helpers to read sku_id strapping into coreboot tables 2017-12-07 01:19:32 +00:00
util lint-stable: Only check files tracked by git (ie source files) for +x 2017-12-05 15:04:11 +00:00
.checkpatch.conf .checkpatch.conf: Ignore CORRUPTED_PATCH lint 2017-10-29 10:11:58 +00:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: Do not track util/cbfstool/cbfs-compression-tool 2017-11-03 15:20:40 +00:00
.gitmodules Set up 3rdparty/libgfxinit 2016-10-29 01:35:03 +02:00
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gnat.adc gnat.adc: Do not generate assertion code for Refined_Post 2016-10-29 01:33:31 +02:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for all PC Engines mainboards 2017-10-31 15:45:53 +00:00
Makefile build system: Deal with wildcard in subdirs-y 2017-10-29 08:48:54 +00:00
Makefile.inc Kconfig: Remove BOARD_ID_MANUAL option 2017-12-06 23:27:03 +00:00
README README: Update requirements 2017-06-27 17:04:32 +00:00
toolchain.inc toolchain: Always use GCC for Ada sources 2017-09-23 10:57:40 +00:00

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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 https://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:

 * https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * https://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)
 * pkg-config
 * libssl-dev (openssl)

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 https://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 https://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:

  https://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

  https://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.