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Julius Werner 5528aa9252 Clean up architecture-specific Kconfigs
It's an unfortunate side effect of our different-archs-per-stage
mechanism that all src/arch/*/Kconfig files are always parsed with no
if blocks to exclude them if they're not relevant. This makes it very
easy to accidentally rely on a Kconfig default set by a totally
different and not applying architecture.

This patch moves a few Kconfigs from ARM and X86 that leaked out like
this into a common Kconfig file for clarity. It also removes the
never-used and never-working BOOTBLOCK_NORMAL mechanism from ARM, and
gave ARM64 its own BOOTBLOCK_CUSTOM mechanism so that it doesn't leech
off the ARM one (currently not used by any board).

In the future, we should maybe prefix all options in the arch/*/Kconfig
files with the architecture name (such as X86_BOOTBLOCK_NORMAL and
ARM_LPAE are already doing), to make it more apparent when they are used
in the wrong place.

BUG=None
TEST=None (tested together with dependent changes)

Change-Id: Ieb2d79bae6c6800be0f93ca3489b658008b1dfae
Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/219171
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
2014-10-02 07:02:16 +00:00
configs veyron: select rw romstage using vboot2 2014-09-25 04:09:06 +00:00
documentation sconfig: rename lapic_cluster -> cpu_cluster 2013-02-14 07:07:20 +01:00
payloads libpayload: cros: include mac addresses in coreboot table 2014-09-24 08:56:03 +00:00
src Clean up architecture-specific Kconfigs 2014-10-02 07:02:16 +00:00
util urara: use proper SOC name 2014-09-30 01:53:48 +00:00
.gitignore rmodules: add support for rmodtool 2014-03-31 22:25:57 +00:00
COMMIT-QUEUE.ini COMMIT-QUEUE.ini: Add documentation. 2013-11-01 14:08:42 +00:00
COPYING update license template. 2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
Makefile Makefile: Preprocess linker scripts and other general improvements 2014-10-02 07:02:10 +00:00
Makefile.inc Makefile: Preprocess linker scripts and other general improvements 2014-10-02 07:02:10 +00:00
PRESUBMIT.cfg chromeos: Add PRESUBMIT.cfg 2013-05-01 14:31:10 -07:00
README Update README with newer version of the text from the web page 2011-06-15 10:16:33 +02:00
toolchain.inc arch/mips: Add base MIPS architecture support 2014-09-01 11:05:57 +00:00

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coreboot README
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coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS
(firmware) found in most computers.  coreboot performs a little bit of
hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a
payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic,
coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly
firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom
bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or
UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary
in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space
required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.


Payloads
--------

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any
desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.


Supported Hardware
------------------

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices


Build Requirements
------------------

 * gcc / g++
 * make

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
-----------------

Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.


Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
------------------------------------------------

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide
to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run
coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.


Website and Mailing List
------------------------

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development
guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

  http://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

  http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist


Copyright and License
---------------------

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual
developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot 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 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.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.