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Change-Id: I1a9fde648b8960c01b69fc682f0908c5243d2013
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/28624
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Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>

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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 https://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:
-
- * https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
- * https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
-
-
-Build Requirements
-------------------
-
- * make
- * gcc / g++
-   Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot
-   does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due
-   to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse -
-   by generating broken object code.
-   Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the
-   ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this
-   case).
- * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
- * pkg-config
- * libssl-dev (openssl)
-
-Optional:
-
- * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
- * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
- * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig' and 'make nconfig')
- * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)
-
-
-Building coreboot
------------------
-
-Please consult https://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 https://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:
-
-  https://www.coreboot.org
-
-You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
-
-  https://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.