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About a month ago I started my adventure with coreboot. As coreboot home page says “coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers”. Although I read the majority of materials from mentioned page I still suffered from a lack of basic information that would help me to arrange everything in my head. Therefore, I decided to write a series of posts described my actions associated with this interesting project. At the beginning I would recommend some interesting sources of information on coreboot:
- http://web.archive.org/web/20240619212654/https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU - If you’re impatient and want to start as soon as possible
- Coreboot videos - One of the easiest ways to obtain general information about the project
- Start to understand - I found this page by accident while googling materials, thanks to its author I understood basics and found out what’s next
- Documentation - Many different types of documents, a large proportion of them are not applying to the latest version of coreboot v4, however, still has a educational value.
After reviewing the above materials, you should understand the basics of coreboot. In the next post I will describe flashrom application and my experience with one of the old motherboard.
I’m into open-source firmware, drawing inspiration from the classic hacker ethos of collaborative innovation and transparency. At 3mdeb, we’re excited about our two main projects: Zarhus OS, an Embedded Linux distribution based on Yocto, and Dasharo, a coreboot downstream. Both are about the value of open development, embedded firmware resilience, platform security transparency, the right to repair, and digital sovereignty.
Community is at the center of our activity. By being involved in the Dasharo Users Group, Dasharo Developers vPub, and events like the Qubes OS Summit, we connect with others who share our passion for open-source.