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Major changes: 1. Separate resource allocation into: A. Read Resources B. Avoid fixed resources (constrain limits) C. Allocate resources D. Set resources Usage notes: Resources which have IORESOURCE_FIXED set in the flags constrain the placement of other resources. All fixed resources will end up outside (above or below) the allocated resources. Domains usually start with base = 0 and limit = 2^address_bits - 1. I've added an IOAPIC to all platforms so that the old limit of 0xfec00000 is still there for resources. Some platforms may want to change that, but I didn't want to break anyone's board. Resources are allocated in a single block for memory and another for I/O. Currently the resource allocator doesn't support holes. Signed-off-by: Myles Watson <mylesgw@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> Acked-by: Patrick Georgi <patrick.georgi@coresystems.de> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@4394 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel or a bootloader. Payloads -------- After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot. See http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads. Supported Hardware ------------------ coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards. For details please consult: * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices Build Requirements ------------------ * gcc / g++ * make * python * perl Optional: * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation) * iasl (for targets with ACPI support) * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets) Building coreboot ----------------- Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Documentation for details. Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware ------------------------------------------------- If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU. Please see http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details. Website and Mailing List ------------------------ Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website: http://www.coreboot.org You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list: http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist Copyright and License --------------------- The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details. coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files (mostly those derived from the Linux kernel) are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details. This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.