Amrish Purohit wrote:
currently i am working as developer on linux plateform in a mnc in india. recently i have been asked to install coreboot in our machine and make necessary test.
What processor, northbridge, southbridge does your board have?
What additional/optional chips does it have such as NOR flash, SPI NOR flash, SuperIO, embedded controller, Ethernet, SATA/SAS, etc.
Depending on which chips your board uses, coreboot will be either fully supported, partially supported or not supported at all:
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
If your mainboard is not listed, it may still be supported if the processor and chipset and other devices are supported:
http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
Other areas of the _status_ section of the coreboot web site may be helpful as well.
i have navigated the coreboot.org site but do not find any satisfactory document to start with. i have not enough knowledge of traditional bios or linuxbios. please help from where to start ?
Did you try http://www.coreboot.org/Category:Tutorials ?
The best way to start/learn may be getting one of the cheaper boards on this web page and follow the corresponding tutorial.
Other areas of the _Getting Started_ section of the coreboot web site may also helpful.
i want to know each and every aspect of the coreboot and if possible i want to contribute to coreboot development.so anybody can help with enough document to start with.
Check out the _Developers_, _Related Tools_, and _Support_ sections of the coreboot web site. I suggest starting with:
http://www.coreboot.org/Developer_Manual
http://www.coreboot.org/Development_Guidelines
Also check out flashrom, superiotool, buildrom, and other tools in _Related Tools_.
Also read/review these web pages:
http://www.coreboot.org/Coreboot_Options
http://www.coreboot.org/Glossary
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Ken Fuchs