OpenBIOS

In the world of OpenBIOS, there are endless interesting and relevant aspects that deserve to be explored. From its origins to its latest innovations, OpenBIOS has aroused the curiosity and interest of many, becoming an inevitable topic of conversation in different areas. Whether due to its impact on society, its historical relevance or its influence on popular culture, OpenBIOS continues to be a topic of constant debate and reflection. In this article, we will delve into the different aspects of OpenBIOS and analyze its importance in the current context.

OpenBIOS
Original author(s)OpenBIOS Project
Developer(s)OpenBIOS community
Stable release
1.1 / May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/openbios
PlatformPowerPC, SPARC
TypeFirmware
LicenseGNU General Public License v2
Websitewww.openfirmware.info

OpenBIOS is a project aiming to provide free and open source implementations of Open Firmware. It is also the name of such an implementation.

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

Open Firmware

Open Firmware
Developer(s)Firmworks
Initial release2006 (2006)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/openfirmware
Platformx86, PowerPC, ARM
LicenseBSD like
Websitewww.openfirmware.info/Open_Firmware

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

SmartFirmware
Developer(s)CodeGen, Inc.
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/smartfirmware
Written inANSI C
Platformx86, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS
Websitewww.codegen.com/SmartFirmware/

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

OpenBOOT
Original author(s)Sun Microsystems
Repositoryhttps://github.com/openbios/openboot
PlatformSPARC
Websitewww.openfirmware.info/OpenBOOT

OpenBOOT was released by Sun Microsystems. It supports the sun4v architecture.

OpenBIOS

OpenBIOS is portable and licensed under the GPL. It is produced by the OpenBIOS project.

SLOF

SLOF
Developer(s)IBM
Stable release
1.7.0-4 / December 1, 2008 (2008-12-01)
Repositoryhttps://github.com/aik/SLOF/
Written inC, Forth
PlatformPowerPC
LicenseRevised BSD license
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20080613161337/http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/pa-slof/

Slimline Open Firmware is produced by IBM, and is released under a BSD style license. It supports the PowerPC architecture.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "What is FirmWorks?". FirmWorks. 9 February 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d "Open Firmware". OpenBIOS. 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Open Firmware Working Group". IEEE 1275 Open Firmware Home Page. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.