coreboot

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coreboot
Software Details:
Version: 6613
Upload Date: 11 May 15
Developer: Core Systems
Distribution Type: Freeware
Downloads: 62

Rating: 3.5/5 (Total Votes: 2)

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. The project performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload.

Use Cases:


 * Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients
 * Clusters, high-performance computing
 * Embedded solutions, STBs/HTPC, appliances, terminals
 * No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk")
 * Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket)

Features:

  • 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees!
  • Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console)
  • Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS
  • Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code
  • Supports many mainboards, devices, and payloads

What is new in this release:

  • Numerous bugs were fixed.
  • Conformance was fixed.
  • Windows support was improved.
  • Boot-time speedups were made.

What is new in version 6481:

  • Fixed bugs in the code supporting the Lenovo X60.

What is new in version 6474:

  • Installation: renamed to "Building", removed duplicate lines and added a build script

What is new in version 6460:

  • Added notes about debugging coreboot with qemu

What is new in version 5685:

  • Numerous bugfixes, code cleanups, refinements to platform support, and documentation improvements.

What is new in version 3955:

  • This release fixes Bayou payload execution.
  • It fixes MTRR setup for UMA architectures.
  • It increases ROM_IMAGE_SIZE for the Agami Aruma to resolve overlapping sections.
  • It adds dynamically generated P-States infrastructure on applicable architectures.
  • It adds QWord support to acpigen.
  • It adds TOM2 to the K8 DSDT.
  • It has assorted bugfixes, code cleanups, and documentation fixes.

What is new in version 3932:

  • This release adds initial heterogeneous dual-channel support.
  • It adds support for Winbond W83627UHG Super I/O, i631x LPC, and AMD-768, SST49LF020.
  • It adds erase/write to AT25DF* and AT25DF* chips.
  • It improves support for Gigabit GA-MA78G-DS3H, K8 rev F DDR2, Am29F080B, Am29LV081B, SST39VF080, Winbond SuperIO SPI, Intel Desktop Board D201GLY, ST M29F002T/NT/B, and MSI MS-7046.
  • There are bugfixes, refactoring of code, code cleanup, and documentation fixes.

What is new in version 3845:

  • This release adds an extra board-enable line for the Kontron 986LCD-M/mITX to support other versions of the board, a register map based on the NSC PC87392 datasheet, and an mptable for the VIA pc2500e.
  • The code now correctly initializes the ICH SPI opcodes.
  • It fixes the RS690 chipset for 1 GHz noncoherent HyperTransport, as well as init weirdness with the Seagate Barracuda.
  • Improved Windows support.
  • It extends debugging facilities for many chips and busses.
  • It fixes many implicit declarations.
  • There is extensive code cleanup.

What is new in version 3817:

  • This release added AMD PISTACHIO mainboard support, preliminary support for multiple DIMMs on the Intel 440BX chipset, 690G and 690(MT) internal graphics support, and initial support for the NEC PowerMate 2000 and the ASUS P2B-DS (dual-CPU) boards.
  • Winbond Super I/O chip support was improved.
  • AMD sb600 HPET setup, AMD rs690 VID DID reporting, and AMD dbm690t ACPI support were added along with IDs for MX29*, SST_2[56]VF* and W_25X* flash chips.
  • inteltool now supports i965, i975, and ICH8M.
  • AMD SB700 flash enable was added.

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