Welcome to coreboot

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, for example a Linux kernel, FILO, GRUB2, OpenBIOS, Open Firmware, SmartFirmware, GNUFI (UEFI), Etherboot, ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 and OpenBSD), Plan 9, or memtest86. Benefits — There are many reasons for using LinuxBIOS. 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! Fast boot times (3 seconds from power-on to Linux console) Avoids the need for a slow, buggy, proprietary BIOS Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code Supports a wide variety of hardware and payloads Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ... Use Cases — LinuxBIOS can be deployed in a wide range of scenarios. Standard desktop computers and servers Clusters, high-performance computing Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals Small form factor computers, Home-theater PCs (HTPC) No-moving-parts solutions (except for CPU fan & power supply) Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Quick-Links About Find out more about LinuxBIOS. News | Press | History | Documentation | Screenshots & Videos | Contributors | Sponsors Developers Get involved! Help us make LinuxBIOS better! Development Guidelines | Issue Tracker | Doxygen | Browse Source | JTAG | EHCI Debug Port Status Find out whether your hardware is already supported. Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status Vendors & Products Do you want to deploy LinuxBIOS? Buy LinuxBIOS solutions? Products | Clusters | Laptop | Desktops Getting Started Download LinuxBIOS and get started! Downloads | Payloads | QEMU | Build Tutorials | Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Flashrom | Misc Support Learn how to contact us and find help and support. Mailinglist | FAQ | Glossary | LinuxBIOS Options

LinuxBIOS booting the OLPC. News 2007/02/24: LinuxBIOS talk (video) at FOSDEM 2007 2007/02/09: MSI K9ND Master Series (MS-9282) support 2006/11/02: MSI K9SD Master-S2R (MS-9185) support 2006/10/05: AMD Rev F support 2006/10/01: LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006 in Hamburg 2005/06/02: AMD dual core support 2005/05/11: Nvidia CK804 (NForce4) support 2005/04/22: How Many People Are Using LinuxBIOS? Would you believe 1,000,000?