Leah Rowe
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Many other changes were imported into the wider pcsx-redux tree, but we're mainly concerned with the OpenBIOS diffs. This update brings in the following upstream changes, for PCSX-Redux OpenBIOS: * 35de25bb Fixing realloc's edge case. * b8a9080d OpenBIOS: Annotate sio0/driver.c with enums * c7cec91e OpenBIOS: Refactor card driver * 4e42a6b6 Move OpenBIOS SIO to a seperate header and add enums * a50434c5 Remove OpenBIOS dead sio1 code * 9c3d3a1e Renaming readAligned to load32Aligned. * 1b8312e5 [Chores] Format code * 8b9df484 Simplifying openbios allocation scenario. * a658a18d Brand new memory allocator. * ba48f01b Bumped copyright date to 2025 * 64b63a13 Bumped copyright date to 2025 * 3ada28e3 [Chores] Format code * d25af104 Fixing setjmp/longjmp attributes. * e51ffafa Assign _bu_init alias to 0x55. * ae1dd51e Split out the common thread structures to its own file. 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.