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Gabe Black 9513e608f3 nyan: Ignore the dev mode GPIO.
This GPIO is still wired up and can be manipulated from servo, but using it in
the coreboot tables causes a couple problems. First, people may not realize
that the little switch on their servo matters and may be confused when their
machine isn't doing what they told it to. Second, dev mode is considered
selected when the GPIO is high. To simplify matching voltages and to ensure
the GPIO doesn't float around when no servo is attached, it has a pull up
configured for it in the SOC. That means that when no servo is attached, the
pin will be pulled high, effectively forcing the machine into developer mode.

With might be able to reverse the polarity of the GPIO through config files
for servo which could deal with the second problem, but we would still have
the first problem.

To simplify things and to avoid unforseen problems related to this GPIO, I
think it's best to just ignore its value like other chromebooks do and to rely
on the soft dev mode setting stored elsewhere.

BUG=None
TEST=Built and booted on nyan. Entered and exited dev mode using the keyboard
and hacking get_recovery_mode_switch to return yes or no at the appropriate
times.
BRANCH=None

Change-Id: I80c5e2d290ce9f1c3d60ef45c9132ddfd8ce7680
Signed-off-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/174837
Reviewed-by: Ronald Minnich <rminnich@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Gabe Black <gabeblack@chromium.org>
2013-10-28 02:55:50 +00:00
3rdparty@ba8caa30bd Update 3rdparty mark to latest repository 2013-03-15 19:09:08 +01:00
configs panther: Initial coreboot commit 2013-10-25 20:12:59 +00:00
documentation sconfig: rename lapic_cluster -> cpu_cluster 2013-02-14 07:07:20 +01:00
payloads panther: Initial coreboot commit 2013-10-25 20:12:59 +00:00
src nyan: Ignore the dev mode GPIO. 2013-10-28 02:55:50 +00:00
util xcompile: always use -march=i686 2013-10-10 20:48:38 +00:00
.gitignore add a few entries to .gitignore 2013-01-10 22:51:20 +01:00
COPYING update license template. 2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
Makefile ARM: Generalize armv7 as arm. 2013-10-02 09:18:44 +00:00
Makefile.inc Makefile: Include ccopts variables in the static.c Make rules. 2013-10-02 09:18:48 +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.