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. Some of the many possible payloads are: a Linux kernel, FILO, GRUB2, OpenBIOS, Open Firmware, SmartFirmware, Etherboot, ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 and OpenBSD), Plan 9, memtest86 and many more. Benefits There are many reasons for using LinuxBIOS. 100% Free Software BIOS (GPL) No royalties or 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 & Deployments LinuxBIOS can be (and is) deployed in a wide range of scenarios. Standard desktop computers Clusters, high-performance computing Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals Small form factor computers, Home-theater PCs (HTPC) Servers (serial console, remote flashing, fast boot times) 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 | 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 | Build Tutorials | Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Flashrom | Misc Support Learn how to contact us and find help and support. Mailinglist | FAQ | Glossary | LinuxBIOS Options

More than a million devices already run on LinuxBIOS! News 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?