coreboot: "Welcome to coreboot
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coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload.
We currently support 206 different mainboards.
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Benefits
* 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
* Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console)
* Supports many mainboards, chipsets, and payloads
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Use Cases
* Desktop PCs and servers
* Clusters
* Embedded solutions
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Payloads
* FILO / GRUB2
* Linux / Windows / FreeBSD
* Etherboot
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About
Find out more about coreboot.Press | Logo | History | Screenshots/Videos | Contributors | Sponsors | Products | Clusters | Vendors
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Developers
Get involved! Help us make coreboot better.Development Guidelines | Developer Manual | Doxygen | Browse Source | GSoC
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Status
Find out whether your hardware is already supported.Supported Boards | Supported Chipsets | Build Status
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Related Tools
Tools and libraries related to coreboot.Flashrom | Superiotool | Nvramtool | Buildrom | Mkelfimage | Inteltool | Msrtool | Ectool
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Getting Started
Download coreboot and get started.Downloads | Documentation | Build Tutorials | QEMU | AMD SimNow
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Support
Learn how to contact us and find help and support.FAQ | Mailinglist | IRC | Issue Tracker | Glossary | coreboot v2 Options"
