Welcome to coreboot

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. 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 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 (ROM chip as "hard drive") Various non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) About Find out more about LinuxBIOS. News | Press | History | Screenshots & Videos | Contributors | Sponsors Developers Get involved! Help us make LinuxBIOS better. Development Guidelines | Developer Manual | Doxygen | Browse Source | JTAG | EHCI Debug Port | Testsystem | GSoC | Ideas | Superiotool Status Find out whether your hardware is already supported. Supported Motherboards | Supported Chipsets & Devices | Build Status | Flashrom support | Superiotool support Vendors & Products Find out in which products LinuxBIOS is used. Products | Clusters | Laptop | Desktops Getting Started Download LinuxBIOS and get started. Downloads | Documentation | Build Tutorials | Payloads | QEMU | AMD SimNow | Confirmed Working SVN Revisions | Buildrom | Flashrom | Misc Support Learn how to contact us and find help and support. FAQ | Mailinglist | IRC | Issue Tracker | Glossary | LinuxBIOSv2 Options

ASUS A8N-E with glued-on pushpin BIOS chip. News 2007/11/24: ASUS MEW-AM support 2007/11/13: Advantech PCM-5820 support 2007/11/13: FSCONS Lightning Talk 2007/11/03: ASUS A8V-E SE support 2007/10/31: ASUS P2B-F / P3B-F, A-Trend ATC-6220, AZZA PT-6IBD, Biostar M6TBA, Compaq Deskpro EN SFF P600, GIGABYTE GA-6BXC support 2007/10/30: SiS761GX/SiS966 & GIGABYTE GA-2761GXDK support 2007/10/30: VIA K8T890 / VT8237R support Contact Mailing list: linuxbios@linuxbios.org IRC: #linuxbios (on irc.freenode.net)