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=What's Coreboot?=
=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?=
=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!