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* Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console) | * Fast boot times (3 seconds to Linux console) | ||
* Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS | * Avoids the need for a slow/buggy/proprietary BIOS | ||
* Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start | <!-- * Runs in 32-Bit protected mode almost from the start --> | ||
* Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code | * Written in C, contains virtually no assembly code | ||
* Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]] | * Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]] | ||
* Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ... | <!-- * Further features: netboot, serial console, remote flashing, ... --> | ||
[[Benefits|More benefits...]] | |||
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* | * Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients | ||
* [[Clusters]], high-performance computing | * [[Clusters]], high-performance computing | ||
* Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients | <!-- * Set-Top-Boxes, thin clients --> | ||
* Embedded solutions, appliances, terminals | * Embedded solutions, STBs/HTPC, appliances, terminals | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] | <!-- * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_form_factor Small form factor computers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_theater_PC Home-theater PCs] --> | ||
* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk") | * No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk") | ||
* Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) | * Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) | ||
[[Use Cases|More use cases...]] | |||
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'''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Payloads]]</span>''' | '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">[[Payloads]]</span>''' | ||
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* [[ | * [[GRUB2]]/[[FILO]] | ||
* [[Linux]]/[[Booting Windows using coreboot|Windows]]/[[Booting FreeBSD using coreboot|FreeBSD]]/[http://openbsd.org/ OpenBSD] | |||
* [[ | * [http://www.openbios.org/Open_Firmware Open Firmware] et. al. | ||
* [http://www.openbios.org/Open_Firmware Open Firmware] | |||
* [[Etherboot]] | * [[Etherboot]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Memtest86]] | ||
[[Payloads|More payloads...]] | |||
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Revision as of 20:20, 17 April 2008
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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.
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