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Peter Stuge b1d1c4d084 Reliably build arbitrary Kconfig-based revisions of SeaBIOS Reliability is accomplished by checking out the desired SeaBIOS commitish into a branch named 'coreboot' in the local SeaBIOS git repository. Using a branch allows TAG-$(CONFIG_SEABIOS_..) to refer to any commitish in the SeaBIOS git repo, not just branches and tags. Configuration is done with make defconfig followed by enabling and disabling of the relevant coreboot-specific SeaBIOS options by appending to .config using echo. This works, because later entries in .config will overwrite earlier ones. Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@6335 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1		2011-02-07 20:16:40 +00:00
documentation	Whitespace/typo/cosmetic fixes (trivial).	2010-09-23 18:48:27 +00:00
payloads	Reliably build arbitrary Kconfig-based revisions of SeaBIOS	2011-02-07 20:16:40 +00:00
src	Reliably build arbitrary Kconfig-based revisions of SeaBIOS	2011-02-07 20:16:40 +00:00
util	Add support for the IT8720F Super I/O	2011-02-03 16:00:28 +00:00
COPYING	update license template.	2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
Makefile	Inverse two arguments of cbfs-files-y and adapts its users (one of which already used the new order)	2011-01-30 16:31:15 +00:00
README	Whitespace/typo/cosmetic fixes (trivial).	2010-09-23 18:48:27 +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 or a bootloader.


Payloads
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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
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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


Build Requirements
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 * gcc / g++
 * make

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
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Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.


Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
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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
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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 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.