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OpenBIOS is a project aiming to provide free and open source implementations of Open Firmware. It is also the name of such an implementation.
| Original author(s) | OpenBIOS Project |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | OpenBIOS community |
| Stable release | 1.1
/ May 4, 2013 |
| Repository | https://github.com/openbios/openbios |
| Platform | PowerPC, SPARC |
| Type | Firmware |
| License | GNU General Public License v2 |
| Website | www |
Most of the implementations provided by OpenBIOS rely on additional lower-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as coreboot or Das U-Boot.
Provided implementations
editOpen Firmware
edit| Developer(s) | Firmworks |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2006 |
| Repository | https://github.com/openbios/openfirmware |
| Platform | x86, PowerPC, ARM |
| License | BSD like |
| Website | www |
Open Firmware implements the IEEE 1275-1994 standard.[1] Open Firmware was released by the company Firmworks.[2] The principal architect of Open Firmware, Mitch Bradley,[2] is chairman of the Open Firmware Working Group[3] and president and founder of Firmworks.[1] The OLPC XO-1 laptop uses the Open Firmware implementation.[2] It supports the x86, PowerPC, and ARM architectures, and is released under the terms of a BSD style license.[2]
SmartFirmware
edit| Developer(s) | CodeGen, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/openbios/smartfirmware |
| Written in | ANSI C |
| Platform | x86, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS |
| Website | www |
SmartFirmware includes a C to FCode compiler. It is made by CodeGen, Inc. It is written in ANSI C and supports the x86, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS architectures.
OpenBOOT
edit| Original author(s) | Sun Microsystems |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/openbios/openboot |
| Platform | SPARC |
| Website | www |
OpenBOOT was released by Sun Microsystems. It supports the sun4v architecture.
OpenBIOS
editOpenBIOS is portable and licensed under the GPL. It is produced by the OpenBIOS project.
SLOF
edit| Developer(s) | IBM |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 1.7.0-4
/ December 1, 2008 |
| Repository | https://github.com/aik/SLOF/ |
| Written in | C, Forth |
| Platform | PowerPC |
| License | Revised BSD license |
| Website | web |
Slimline Open Firmware is produced by IBM, and is released under a BSD style license. It supports the PowerPC architecture.
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "What is FirmWorks?". FirmWorks. 9 February 2001.
- ^ a b c d "Open Firmware". OpenBIOS. 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Open Firmware Working Group". IEEE 1275 Open Firmware Home Page. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.