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, FreeBSD, or OpenBSD), Plan 9, or memtest86. Benefits — There are many reasons for using coreboot. 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 mainboards, devices, and payloads Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ... Use Cases — coreboot 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 coreboot. News | Press | History | Screenshots & Videos | Contributors | Sponsors Developers Get involved! Help us make coreboot better. Development Guidelines | Developer Manual | Reference Library | 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 coreboot is used. Products | Clusters | Laptop | Desktops Getting Started Download coreboot 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 | corebootv2 Options

ASUS A8N-E with glued-on pushpin BIOS chip. News 2009/03/09: RCA RM4100 support 2009/03/07: ASUS A8V-E Deluxe support 2008/02/20: MSI MS-7135 (K8N Neo3) support 2008/01/27: Abit BE6-II V2.0 support 2008/01/12: LinuxBIOS is coreboot now 2007/11/24: ASUS MEW-AM support 2007/11/13: Advantech PCM-5820 support Contact Mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org IRC: #coreboot (on irc.freenode.net)