Vadim Bendebury 6e20e2f168 cbmem: add and use a function to dump console buffer
The new function can be compiled in only when serial console is
disabled.

When invoked, this function initializes the serial interface and dumps
the contents of the CBMEM console buffer to serial output.

BRANCH=none
BUG=chromium:475347
TEST=compiled for different platforms with and without serial console
     enabled. No actual test of this function yet.

Change-Id: Ia8d16649dc9d09798fa6970f2cfd893438e00dc5
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@chromium.org>
Original-Commit-Id: a38a8254dd788ad188ba2509b9ae117d6f699579
Original-Change-Id: Ib85759a2727e31ba1ca21da7e6c346e434f83b52
Original-Signed-off-by: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@chromium.org>
Original-Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/265293
Original-Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/9984
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
2015-04-27 20:49:09 +02:00
2012-11-01 23:13:39 +01:00
2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
2015-04-22 08:41:54 +02:00

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coreboot README
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coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS
(firmware) found in most computers.  coreboot performs a little bit of
hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a
payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic,
coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly
firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom
bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or
UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary
in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space
required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.


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

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
-----------------

Please consult http://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO 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 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.

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