OpenBIOS

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OpenBIOS
Original author(s)OpenBIOS Project
Stable release
1.1 / May 4, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-04)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/openbios
PlatformPowerPC, SPARC
TypeFirmware
LicenseGNU General Public License v2
Websitewww.openfirmware.info

OpenBIOS is a project aiming to provide free and open source implementations of Open Firmware. It is also the name of such an implementation.

Most of the implementations provided by OpenBIOS rely on additional lower-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as coreboot or Das U-Boot.

Provided implementations

Open Firmware

Open Firmware
ARM
LicenseBSD like
Websitewww.openfirmware.info/Open_Firmware

Open Firmware implements the

OLPC XO-1 laptop uses the Open Firmware implementation.[2]
It supports the
ARM architectures, and is released under the terms of a BSD style license.[2]

SmartFirmware

SmartFirmware
ARM, MIPS
Websitewww.codegen.com/SmartFirmware/

SmartFirmware includes a

FCode
compiler. It is made by CodeGen, Inc. It is written in
architectures.

OpenBOOT

OpenBOOT
Original author(s)Sun Microsystems
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/openboot
PlatformSPARC
Websitewww.openfirmware.info/OpenBOOT

OpenBOOT was released by Sun Microsystems. It supports the sun4v architecture.

OpenBIOS

OpenBIOS is portable and licensed under the GPL. It is produced by the OpenBIOS project.

SLOF

SLOF
Developer(s)IBM
Stable release
1.7.0-4 / December 1, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-01)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/aik/SLOF/
Written inC, Forth
PlatformPowerPC
LicenseRevised BSD license
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20080613161337/http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/pa-slof/

Slimline Open Firmware is produced by IBM, and is released under a BSD style license. It supports the PowerPC architecture.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "What is FirmWorks?". FirmWorks. 9 February 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d "Open Firmware". OpenBIOS. 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Open Firmware Working Group". IEEE 1275 Open Firmware Home Page. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.

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