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Gabe Black 6871aa3151 cbmem console: Make cbmem console usable on ARM.
The current CBMEM console implementation can work in two different ways, one
that requires CAR migration which doesn't make sense on ARM and will break the
build, and a second which assumes 0x600 is a valid memory address which can be
used to keep track of the current location of the console. Neither of those
work on ARM.

To get around that problem, this change adds yet another flavor of behavior
to the cbmem console driver where it assumes the console is in a fixed place
before RAM is initialized (bootblock and ROM stage) and in CBMEM afterwards
(RAM stage). More specifically, the location of the console is always fixed
in a particular stage, attempts to set it are ignored, it's only initialized
in the earliest stage it's enabled, and cbmem reinitialization and migration
is ignored in RAM stage.

We really need to rework all the twisted paths through this code and reduce
it to one implementation that makes sense and works in all the situations it
needs to without all the extra complexity.

BUG=None
TEST=Built and booted on nyan with other changes that enable the console.
Ran cbmem -c and verified that output was preserved. Did the same on falco.
BRANCH=None

Change-Id: I05e75448be8572e2736d4d0e04997e536fb69396
Signed-off-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/193166
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Gabe Black <gabeblack@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@chromium.org>
2014-04-10 04:19:07 +00:00
configs rambi: use the mrc.elf 2014-04-04 04:22:31 +00:00
documentation sconfig: rename lapic_cluster -> cpu_cluster 2013-02-14 07:07:20 +01:00
payloads libpayload: daisy: Activate OHCI and XHCI drivers 2014-04-10 01:10:31 +00:00
src cbmem console: Make cbmem console usable on ARM. 2014-04-10 04:19:07 +00:00
util Make ipheader.py executable 2014-04-09 20:55:50 +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 armv8: add support for armv8 cpu 2014-01-07 02:48:47 +00:00
Makefile.inc rmodules: add support for rmodtool 2014-03-31 22:25:57 +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

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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.