OpenBIOS
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Original author(s) | OpenBIOS Project |
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Stable release | 1.1
/ May 4, 2013 |
Repository | https://github.com/openbios/openbios |
Platform | PowerPC, SPARC |
Type | Firmware |
License | GNU General Public License v2 |
Website | www |
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
ARM | |
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License | BSD like |
Website | www |
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
ARM, MIPS | |
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Website | www |
SmartFirmware includes a
FCode
compiler. It is made by CodeGen, Inc.
It is written in ARM, MIPS
architectures.
OpenBOOT
Original author(s) | Sun Microsystems |
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Repository | https://github.com/openbios/openboot |
Platform | SPARC |
Website | www |
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
Developer(s) | IBM |
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Stable release | 1.7.0-4
/ December 1, 2008 |
Repository | https://github.com/aik/SLOF/ |
Written in | C, Forth |
Platform | PowerPC |
License | Revised BSD license |
Website | web |
Slimline Open Firmware is produced by IBM, and is released under a BSD style license. It supports the PowerPC architecture.
See also
References
- ^ a b "What is FirmWorks?". FirmWorks. 9 February 2001.
- ^ a b c d "Open Firmware". OpenBIOS. 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Open Firmware Working Group". IEEE 1275 Open Firmware Home Page. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.