SeaBIOS
Sign in to saveSeaBIOS is an open-source implementation of an x86 BIOS, serving as a freely available firmware for x86 systems. Aiming for compatibility, it supports standard BIOS features and calling interfaces that are implemented by a typical proprietary x86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can either run on bare hardware as a coreboot payload, or can be used directly in emulators such as QEMU and Bochs.
Source code
Welcome to the SeaBIOS project! This project implements an X86 legacy bios that is built with standard GNU tools. For other types of builds, and for more detailed developer documentation, please see the online documentation listed above.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.seabios.org
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- SeaBIOS 1.15.0 boot device selection screenshot.png
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- software version identifier
- 1.17.0
- Commons category
- SeaBIOS
- source code repository URL
- github.com/coreboot/seabios
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- Features
- Uses
- Development
- See also
- References
- External links
SeaBIOS is an open-source implementation of an x86 BIOS, serving as a freely available firmware for x86 systems. Aiming for compatibility, it supports standard BIOS features and calling interfaces that are implemented by a typical proprietary x86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can either run on bare hardware as a coreboot payload, or can be used directly in emulators such as QEMU and Bochs.
Initially, SeaBIOS was based on the open-source BIOS implementation included with the Bochs emulator. The project was created with intentions to allow native usage on x86 hardware, and to be based on an improved and more easily extendable internal source code implementation.