LinuxBoot
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| License | GPLv2 |
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| Website | linuxboot |
LinuxBoot is a
History
Originally, the project was started as NERF by Google.[3] NERF was a stripped-down version of EFI which contains a Linux kernel and userland applications. This project has been split up into LinuxBoot (which contains the bootblock and kernel) and u-root, which contains the userland application.
LinuxBoot became an official Linux Foundation project in 2018.[4]
Hardware support
Currently, the
EFI support of LinuxBoot is limited to a few servers:[5]
- Dell R630
- Open Compute Project Winterfell, Leopard, Monolake and Tioga Pass
- Intel S2600WF
LinuxBoot is in theory also supported on all the mainboards that are supported by the coreboot project, which does include the OCP Monolake.[6] In practice, the support is limited due to flash size constraints.
References
- ^ "Bringing Linux back to server boot ROMs with NERF and Heads". media.ccc.de. 29 December 2017.
- ^ "LinuxBoot Continues Maturing - Now Able To Boot Windows - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ "LinuxBoot: Linux as firmware". LWN.net.
- ^ "System Startup Gets a Boost with New LinuxBoot Project". Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "LinuxBoot GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Mainboards supported by coreboot".
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