Leah Rowe
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where possible, try not to clobber sys errno. override it only when relatively safe. also: when a syscall succeeds, it may set errno. this is rare, but permitted (nothing specified against it in specs, and the specs say that errno is undefined on success). i'm not libc, but i'm wrapping around it, so i need to be careful in how i handle the errno value. also: i removed the requirement for directories to be executable, in mkhtemp.c, because this isn't required and will only break certain setups. in world_writeable and sticky, i made the checks stricter: the faccessat check was being skipped on some paths, so i've closed that loophole now. i also generally cleaned up some code, as part of the errno handling refactoring, where it made sense to do so, plus a few other bits of code cleanup. Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Libreboot
Documentation: libreboot.org
Support: #libreboot on
Libera IRC
Libreboot provides libre boot firmware on supported motherboards. It replaces proprietary vendor BIOS/UEFI implementations, by
- Using coreboot to initialize the hardware (e.g. memory controller, CPU, etc.) while minimizing unwanted functionality (e.g. backdoors such as the Intel Management Engine)
- ... which runs a payload such as SeaBIOS, GRUB, or U-Boot
- ... which loads your operating system's boot loader (BSD and Linux-based systems are supported).
Why use Libreboot, and what is coreboot?
A lot of users who use libre operating systems still use proprietary boot firmware, which often contain backdoors and bugs, hampering user freedom and right to repair.
coreboot provides libre boot firmware by initializing the hardware then running a payload. However, coreboot is notoriously difficult to configure and install for most non-technical users, requiring detailed technical knowledge of hardware.
Libreboot solves this by being a coreboot distribution (in the same way that Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution). It provides a fully automated build system that downloads and compiles pre-configured ROM images for supported motherboards, so end-users could easily fetch images to flash onto their devices.
Libreboot also produces documentation aimed at non-technical users and excellent user support via IRC.
Contribute
You can check bugs listed on the bug tracker.
You may use Codeberg pull requests to send patches with bug fixes or other improvements. This repository hosts the code for the main build system. The website lives in a separate repository.
Development is also done on the IRC channel.
License for this README
It's just a README file. It is released under Creative Commons Zero, version 1.0.