From: Stefan Reinauer Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:05:53 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update README with newer version of the text from the web page X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5eef65bbbf99d262a5fe53bee8a642c2350fb789;p=coreboot.git Update README with newer version of the text from the web page Signed-off-by: Stefan Reinauer Change-Id: I4f181979ca5e47b27731c681a320b34cbecc0027 Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/19 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Marc Jones Reviewed-by: Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle --- diff --git a/README b/README index d87969559..2c25bef8a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,11 +2,20 @@ coreboot README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary -BIOS you can find in most of today's computers. - -It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes -one of many possible payloads, e.g. a Linux kernel or a bootloader. +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