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Ronald G. Minnich 44c092f57d With the current set of changes, bochs bios sees the right amount of
memory. qemu does not, which is odd. 

in bochs, we get this. 

find_lb_table: header test: L I I O
find_lb_table: Found candidate at: 00000500
find_lb_table: header checksum o.k.
find_lb_table: table checksum o.k.
find_lb_table: record count o.k.
collect_linuxbios_info: collect_linuxbios_info: yes
collect_linuxbios_info: Found LinuxBIOS table at: 00000500
malloc_diag: alloc: 0 bytes (0 blocks), free: 16376 bytes (1 blocks)
malloc_diag: alloc: 72 bytes (1 blocks), free: 16304 bytes (1 blocks)
convert_memmap: 0x00000000000000 0x000000000005a4 16
convert_memmap: 0x000000000005a4 0x000000000efa5c 1
convert_memmap: 0x000000000f0000 0x00000001f10000 1
convert_memmap: 0x000000000f0000 0x00000000000000 16
collect_sys_info: after collect info->memrange 00119418
collect_sys_info: 00000000000005a4-00000000000f0000
collect_sys_info: 00000000000f0000-0000000002000000
collect_sys_info: RAM 32 MB

Some further changes are coming, aimed at making it easier for people to
understand how things fit together. 

Signed-off-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>


git-svn-id: svn://coreboot.org/repository/LinuxBIOSv3@185 f3766cd6-281f-0410-b1cd-43a5c92072e9
2007-03-05 03:42:12 +00:00
arch With the current set of changes, bochs bios sees the right amount of 2007-03-05 03:42:12 +00:00
console Add three new options: 2007-03-04 23:47:47 +00:00
device With the current set of changes, bochs bios sees the right amount of 2007-03-05 03:42:12 +00:00
doc Fix typos (trivial). 2007-03-03 15:27:08 +00:00
include Clarify that the three files are dual-licensed under the GPLv2 and the 2007-03-03 13:12:58 +00:00
lib Consistently use the keyword "help" instead of "---help---" in Kconfig 2007-03-04 13:22:57 +00:00
mainboard Add three new options: 2007-03-04 23:47:47 +00:00
northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation fix a stupid bug in malloc. 2007-03-03 00:39:30 +00:00
util The selection of the default log level is a select-box where you can choose 2007-03-04 12:22:43 +00:00
COPYING filling in 2006-10-06 19:19:14 +00:00
HACKING Mention license of include/lar.h, util/lar/lar.h, and 2007-03-03 13:17:54 +00:00
Kconfig Add three new options: 2007-03-04 23:47:47 +00:00
Makefile Add three new options: 2007-03-04 23:47:47 +00:00
README Add a note that the resulting LinuxBIOS images are licensed under the 2007-02-27 22:19:52 +00:00

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LinuxBIOS README
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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)
 * GRUB2 (a free bootloader; support is in development)
 * OpenBIOS (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * Open Firmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * SmartFirmware (a free IEEE1275-1994 Open Firmware implementation)
 * GNUFI (a free, UEFI-compatible firmware)
 * Etherboot (for network booting and booting from raw IDE or FILO)
 * 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.

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