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Coreboot

coreboot (formerly LinuxBIOS) is a free and 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.

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GNU General Public LicenseLANLSiSAMDMSI
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Supported platforms

IA-32X86-64ARMARM64MIPS
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Design

Linux kernelStand-aloneELFIPXEGPXE
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Payloads

TianoCore EDK IILinuxLinuxBootChromeOSChromiumOS
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License
GPLv2-only
Original authors
Ronald G. Minnich, Eric Biederman, Li-Ta (Ollie) Lo, Stefan Reinauer, and the coreboot community
Platform
IA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8, RISC-V, POWER8
Release
1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Repository
github.com/coreboot/coreboot
Stable release
26.04 / 25 June 2026; 60 days ago (25 June 2026)

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Developing and debugging coreboot

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Coreboot

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples146
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
Components1

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Coreboot

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related to Supported platforms · 27
Coreboot → AMD, AMD Geode, ARM, ARM64, Artec Group, Bobcat, CPU, DBE61, Family, Flashrom, From, Fusion APU, Geode, Geode LX, IA-32, K8, MIPS, OLPC, RISC-V, RS690
related to Design · 22
Coreboot → Ada, ADLO, Booting, BSDs, Choosing, ELF, Etherboot, GNU GPL, GNU GRUB, Instead, Linux, Myrinet, OpenBSD, PC BIOS, Plan, Quadrics, SCI, SeaBIOS, The, There
related to history · 22
Coreboot → AMD, ARM, BIOS, Chromebooks, CME Group, Code, Coresystems, Das U-Boot, Gigabyte, GNU General Public License, Google, GPLv2, Inc, It, LANL, Linux Networx, Main, MSI, Other, SiS
related to Further reading · 16
Coreboot → Brandon HowardVideo, Bruce ByfieldFirst, FOSDEM, GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4, IBMOpen BIOSes, Inside, Jones, Linux, Linux Journal, LinuxBIOS, October, Peter Seebach, Peter Stuge, Ron Minnich's LinuxBIOS, Search, Your Service
related to Variants · 13
Coreboot → Canoeboot, ChromeOS, Dasharo, GNU Boot, Heads, Libreboot, Merged, MrChromebox, November, QubesOS, Rust, Skulls, They
related to Initializing DRAM · 12
Coreboot → Cache-as-RAM, CPU's, DRAM, DRAM DIMMs, In, NDA, RAM, SMBus, SPD ROMs, The, Therefore, Using
related to Payloads · 12
Coreboot → BIOS, ChromeOSA, ChromiumOS, Das U-Boot, EDK II, Google, Linux, LinuxBootDepthcharge, Notable, Payloads, SeaBIOS, UEFI
related to Developing and debugging coreboot · 7
Coreboot → BIOS, BIOS/firmware, Code, Developers, JTAG, Sage SmartProbe, These
related to European Coreboot Conference · 3
Coreboot → European Coreboot Conference, October, One
related to External links · 3
Coreboot → Media, Wikimedia CommonsOfficial, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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hardware support amd firmware dram code bios used initialization proprietary libreboot system also platforms linux kernel uefi variant project software

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CorebootLicenseGPLv2-only1.00infobox
CorebootOriginal authorsRonald G. Minnich, Eric Biederman, Li-Ta (Ollie) Lo, Stefan Reinauer, and the coreboot community1.00infobox
CorebootPlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARMv7, ARMv8, RISC-V, POWER81.00infobox
CorebootRelease1999; 27 years ago (1999)1.00infobox
CorebootRepositorygithub.com/coreboot/coreboot1.00infobox
CorebootStable release26.04 / 25 June 2026; 60 days ago (25 June 2026)1.00infobox
CorebootTypeFirmware1.00infobox
CorebootWebsitewww.coreboot.org1.00infobox
CorebootWritten inMostly C, about 1% in assembly and optionally SPARK1.00infobox
Corebootrelated to DesignLinux0.60section
Corebootrelated to DesignELF0.60section
Corebootrelated to DesignEtherboot0.60section

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