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'''OpenBIOS''' is a free portable firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.  
The '''OpenBIOS''' project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.  


Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code.  
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code.  


It is OpenBIOS' goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, OpenBIOS targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, <nowiki>PowerPC</nowiki>, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.


Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from [[OpenBOOT|SUN]], [[Open Firmware|Firmworks]], [[SmartFirmware|CodeGen]], Apple, IBM and others.


OpenBIOS relies on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as [http://linuxbios.org/ LinuxBIOS] or [http://u-boot.sourceforge.net/ U-Boot].
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The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the  [[Mailinglist]] page.
The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the  [[Mailinglist]] page.
== Project Statement ==
Our [[Project Statement]]  contains some words about the intention of OpenBIOS and how we want to realize those goals. This is a rough draft of the dos and don'ts in the project and worthwhile reading if you consider contributing to the project.


== Credits ==
== Credits ==

Revision as of 18:02, 13 January 2007

The OpenBIOS project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.

Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code.

It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, PowerPC, ARM and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.

Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from SUN, Firmworks, CodeGen, Apple, IBM and others.

In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as LinuxBIOS or U-Boot.

Download

Get the latest version of OpenBIOS. See the development download page or the releases page.

Contact

The easiest way to get in contact with the OpenBIOS team is to subscribe the OpenBIOS mailinglist. If you want to contribute to OpenBIOS development, you should subscribe to the mailinglist as well. See further information on the Mailinglist page.

Credits

Who are the people behind OpenBIOS? Who helped and contributed to make OpenBIOS as successful as it is today. See the growing Credits page for a (yet incomplete) list of people contributing to OpenBIOS with hardware, patches, code, hints, etc.

News

FCODE suite 1.0.2 released (2006-10-30)

David Paktor added tracing support to the OpenBIOS FCODE suite.

LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006 (2006-10-01)

The first European LinuxBIOS Symposium 2006 took place in Hamburg from October 1st to 3rd. This event was organized by coresystems GmbH.

FCODE suite 1.0.1 available (2006-09-21)

David Paktor, when he was with the IBM Corporation, contributed to the OpenBIOS FCODE suite. This release has higher test coverage, a more detailed report on one type of error, and removal of dead code and consolidation of some other code.

SUN released OpenBOOT source code (2006-09-06)

SUN microsystems has recently released their OpenBOOT source code to the community under a BSD license. Go to their OpenSparc T1 website] to download the full archive (190MB) or check out our local mirror (1.7MB).

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