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 | Testsystem | GSoC 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 | Buildrom | Flashrom | Misc Support Learn how to contact us and find help and support. Mailinglist | FAQ | Glossary | LinuxBIOS Options

A Super I/O chip, useful for setting up a serial console for early LinuxBIOS debugging. News 2007/05/24: ASUS A8N-E now supported 2007/05/23: LinuxBIOS booth at LinuxTag in Berlin 29/5-2/6 2007/05/05: DIGITAL-LOGIC MSM800SEV now supported 2007/05/04: AMD Norwich support and generally improved AMD Geode LX support 2007/03/14: LinuxBIOS participating in Google Summer of Code 2007 2007/02/24: LinuxBIOS talk (video) at FOSDEM 2007 2007/02/09: MSI K9ND Master Series (MS-9282) support