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coreboot is an alternate firmware image for PC BIOS. It is tiny and only loads a "payload", usually a linux kernel or SEABIOS or such. | |||
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot | |||
http://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS | |||
=Why coreboot?= | =Why coreboot?= | ||
Because EFI. We can't grant or adopt hardware that contains locked non-free firmware. Regular BIOS are bad enough! | Because EFI. We can't grant or adopt hardware that contains locked non-free firmware. Regular BIOS are bad enough! | ||
Revision as of 01:53, 12 June 2013
What's Coreboot?
coreboot is an alternate firmware image for PC BIOS. It is tiny and only loads a "payload", usually a linux kernel or SEABIOS or such. http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
http://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS
Why coreboot?
Because EFI. We can't grant or adopt hardware that contains locked non-free firmware. Regular BIOS are bad enough!