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Ronald G. Minnich 5274be0191 Add an emulation northbridge for the 440bx. The emulation is necessary
because not all emulators get the ram size registers right, or so we
hear. 

This northbridge is still incomplete. We are not just copying the v2
one, as we are trying to undo the various hacks that crept in over the
years, due to limitations in the v2 device model. Just look at the
i440bx in v2 and you can see what I mean. We are working to find a
better way to get the job done than those hacks. They are just too
confusing for people to follow. 

add an include for the northbridge makefile into the qemu Makefile. 
Re-order the includes in arch/x86/Makefile so we can pick up .o files
from other places. Add a STAGE2_CHIPSET_OBJ for objects defined in those
makefiles included in mainboard. 

Current issues: the enable_dev function for the i440bx is not getting
called. Enable_dev should be renamed to phase3_setup or something that
actually means something. The name as it is is totally useless.

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@138 f3766cd6-281f-0410-b1cd-43a5c92072e9
2007-02-27 03:39:36 +00:00
arch Add an emulation northbridge for the 440bx. The emulation is necessary 2007-02-27 03:39:36 +00:00
console some dependencies fixes. 2007-02-26 13:59:35 +00:00
device Rename 'bus' to 'busdevice' in a few places, to make the code somewhat 2007-02-26 22:34:42 +00:00
doc Rename 'bus' to 'busdevice' in a few places, to make the code somewhat 2007-02-26 22:34:42 +00:00
include Large patch but trivial: Fix Copright error. 2007-02-26 23:17:40 +00:00
lib Large patch but trivial: Fix Copright error. 2007-02-26 23:17:40 +00:00
mainboard Add an emulation northbridge for the 440bx. The emulation is necessary 2007-02-27 03:39:36 +00:00
northbridge/intel/i440bxemulation Add an emulation northbridge for the 440bx. The emulation is necessary 2007-02-27 03:39:36 +00:00
util Large patch but trivial: Fix Copright error. 2007-02-26 23:17:40 +00:00
COPYING filling in 2006-10-06 19:19:14 +00:00
Kconfig Fix pointer to kconfig-language.txt (trivial). 2007-02-25 20:41:45 +00:00
Makefile Add an emulation northbridge for the 440bx. The emulation is necessary 2007-02-27 03:39:36 +00:00
README Add the README file from LinuxBIOSv2 (trivial). 2007-02-26 13:53:27 +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.