coreboot

Also known as LinuxBIOS

coreboot (formerly LinuxBIOS) is an open‑source project that provides lightweight firmware to initialize hardware and then load an operating system. It is designed to replace proprietary firmware (traditional BIOS or UEFI implementations) by performing the minimal tasks required to start a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.

Key facts

Software.name: coreboot
Software.logo: Coreboot full.svgclass=skin-invert
Software.logo alt: Graphic of a running hare in black and white above text "coreboot" in lowercase sans-serif font
Software.logo size: 150px
Software.author: Ronald G. Minnich, Eric Biederman, Li-Ta (Ollie) Lo, Stefan Reinauer, and the coreboot community
Software.programming language: Mostly C, about 1% in assembly and optionally SPARK
Software.platform: IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8, RISC-V, POWER8
Software.genre: Firmware
Software.license: GPLv2-only

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.coreboot.org
Image: Coreboot+seaBIOS+on-x60.JPG

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software version identifier: 25.12
source code repository URL: github.com/coreboot
official donation page URL: www.coreboot.org/donate.html
publication date: 1999-09-00
Commons category: Coreboot
social media followers: 610

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Contents

History
Supported platforms
Design
Initializing DRAM
Developing and debugging coreboot
Payloads
{{Anchor|European Coreboot Conference|ECC}} European Coreboot Conference
Conference history
{{Anchor|LIBREBOOT}}Variants
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Because coreboot performs low‑level hardware initialization, it must be ported to each supported chipset and motherboard model; consequently, availability is limited to platforms for which support has been implemented.