Furquan Shaikh ba87e6cc94 libpayload: Add support for memory barriers
Add support for memory barriers in arch {arm,arm64,x86}. This is required to
force strict CPU ordering. Definitions are based on FREEBSD atomic.h
definitions.

BUG=chrome-os-partner:31533
BRANCH=None
TEST=Memory barriers tested with ehci driver on arm64

Change-Id: I50060b0f33a6bd6cb95e829df079df379b2ff2a5
Signed-off-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@chromium.org>
Original-Commit-Id: 937d66cdab92a8521ede8307f5af8f5c20d3e552
Original-Change-Id: Ie51e3452f7a254b24111000da5dbe8714ac22223
Original-Signed-off-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
Original-Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/213916
Original-Tested-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@chromium.org>
Original-Reviewed-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
Original-Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Original-Commit-Queue: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/8731
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
2015-03-19 23:24:16 +01:00
2012-11-01 23:13:39 +01:00
2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
2015-03-17 14:35:31 +01:00

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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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