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AMD To Support Coreboot On All Upcoming Processors

Posted by timothy on from the you-had-me-at-hello dept.

nukem996 writes "AMD has just announced that they will be supporting Coreboot (previously LinuxBIOS) on all upcoming processors." That means a flexible Free software BIOS replacement with a nice list of benefits.

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  1. Re:And? by dargaud · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes, that's what I was thinking too. I recently wrote my own bootloader for a project. It honestly took me less time to do it from scratch (copy kernel from flash to mem, jump to it, done) than to read, understand and customize Coreboot or U-Boot or one of the many everything but the kitchen sink boot projects.

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  2. instant computing by kubitus · · Score: 4, Interesting
    the solution for your quick access to the Internet. I have an ASUS P5Q DeLux with Splashtop.

    No need to wait until your OS has booted to get the latest e-mails and/or news.

    I wonder why there is no HW manufacturer coming up with Linux in the ROM - ROM chips are big enough for a basic functionality.

    The rest may come from the disk.

    And its damned hard to overcome a physical write protection and install permanent malware.