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This patch activates -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections for the
compiler and --gc-sections for the linker. This will strip out all
unused functions and static/global variables from the final binaries and
reduce the amount of data we need to read over SPI.

A quick test with ToT images shows a 2.5k (13%) / 10k (29%) / 12k (28%)
reduction on Nyan and 3k (38%) / 23k (50%) / 13k (29%) on Pit,
respectively for bootblock / romstage / ramstage.

Change-Id: I052411d4ad190d0395921ac4d4677341fb91568a
Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/177111
(cherry picked from commit 5635b138778dea67a5f179e13003132be07f7e59)
Signed-off-by: Isaac Christensen <isaac.christensen@se-eng.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/6904
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
2014-09-22 18:41:54 +02:00
3rdparty@f37e0e64ac AMD Steppe Eagle: Update reference to BLOBs repo (3rdparty) 2014-09-01 00:37:16 +02:00
documentation Documentation: Use correct file name for the build guide in the Makefile 2014-07-04 19:03:10 +02:00
payloads libpayload: x86: Add support for catching processor exceptions. 2014-09-15 19:02:05 +02:00
src arm: Have the linker garbage-collect unused functions and variables 2014-09-22 18:41:54 +02:00
util cbfstool: add aarch64 as a name 2014-09-15 19:00:12 +02:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add 3 executables that can be built in util/ 2014-08-11 06:26:01 +02:00
.gitmodules nvidia-cbootimage: add submodule 2014-09-08 18:58:40 +02:00
.gitreview add .gitreview 2012-11-01 23:13:39 +01:00
COPYING update license template. 2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
Makefile ARM: Generalize armv7 as arm. 2014-09-08 18:59:23 +02:00
Makefile.inc nvidia-cbootimage: integrate into coreboot make 2014-09-10 19:34:43 +02:00
README Update README with newer version of the text from the web page 2011-06-15 10:16:33 +02:00
toolchain.inc arm: Have the linker garbage-collect unused functions and variables 2014-09-22 18:41:54 +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.