[LinuxBIOS] PATCH: LinuxBIOS README.
Lu, Yinghai
yinghai.lu at amd.com
Fri Oct 20 19:15:01 CEST 2006
* Etherboot (for network booting and boot from raw IDE or FILO)
-----Original Message-----
From: linuxbios-bounces at linuxbios.org
[mailto:linuxbios-bounces at linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Reinauer
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:46 AM
To: Uwe Hermann
Cc: linuxbios at linuxbios.org
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] PATCH: LinuxBIOS README.
* Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de> [061020 16:51]:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:14:28PM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > > Ok, this is not really a patch; I merely attached a README file
I've
> >
> > No you didn't ;-)
Go ahead.
X-Signed-Off-By: Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de>
>
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-------
> LinuxBIOS README
>
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>
> LinuxBIOS 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.
>
>
> Payloads
> --------
>
> After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
> desired "payload" can be started by LinuxBIOS. Examples include:
>
> * A Linux kernel
> * FILO (a simple bootloader with filesystem support)
> * OpenBIOS (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
> * Etherboot (for network booting)
> * ADLO (for booting Windows 2000 or OpenBSD)
> * Plan 9 (a distributed operating system)
> * memtest86 (for testing your RAM)
>
>
> Supported Hardware
> ------------------
>
> LinuxBIOS supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
>
> For details please consult:
>
> * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
> * http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
>
>
> Website and Mailing List
> ------------------------
>
> Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
> guidelines and more can be found on the LinuxBIOS website:
>
> http://www.linuxbios.org
>
> You can contact us directly on the LinuxBIOS mailing list:
>
> http://www.linuxbios.org/Mailinglist
>
>
> Copyright and License
> ---------------------
>
> The copyright on LinuxBIOS is owned by quite a large number of
individual
> developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for
details.
>
> LinuxBIOS is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License (GPL).
> Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later
version)",
> and some files (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) are
licensed under
> the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other
projects,
> other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual
> source files for details.
>
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