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| author | Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org> | 2011-06-10 20:05:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org> | 2011-06-15 10:16:33 +0200 |
| commit | 5eef65bbbf99d262a5fe53bee8a642c2350fb789 (patch) | |
| tree | 1622dfbcb54fef39ed80aa5ac47c7783794909f1 /README | |
| parent | 8b39e07d04e7231e655124d539356c2462ab6a18 (diff) | |
Update README with newer version of the text from the web page
Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
Change-Id: I4f181979ca5e47b27731c681a320b34cbecc0027
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/19
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Marc Jones <marcj303@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu <cristi.magherusan@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary -BIOS you can find in most of today's computers. - -It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes -one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel or a bootloader. +coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS +(firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of +hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a +payload. + +With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, +coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly +firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom +bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or +UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary +in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space +required. + +coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS. Payloads |