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|Short description=Free x86 PC BIOS
|Full description=SeaBIOS is an free software implementation of a 16bit X86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can run in an emulator or it can run natively on X86 hardware with the use of coreboot.
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|Full description=SeaBIOS is an free software implementation of a 16-bit x86 BIOS. SeaBIOS can run in an emulator or it can run natively on x86 hardware with the use of coreboot.
  
SeaBIOS is the default BIOS for qemu and kvm.
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SeaBIOS is the default BIOS for QEMU.
 
 
The coreboot SeaBIOS page has information on using SeaBIOS in coreboot. Please see the Releases page for information on recent releases. See the Download page to obtain SeaBIOS.
 
 
 
Please join the mailing list to contribute to SeaBIOS. Information on the internals of SeaBIOS is available on the Developer Documentation page.  
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://seabios.org/SeaBIOS
 
|Homepage URL=http://seabios.org/SeaBIOS
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.seabios.org/seabios.git
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|Computer languages=C, x86 assembly
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|Related projects=coreboot,QEMU
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|Version identifier=1.7.4
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|Version date=2013/12/23
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|Version download=http://code.coreboot.org/p/seabios/downloads/get/seabios-1.7.4.tar.gz
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|Last review by=mtjm
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|Last review date=2014/02/07
 
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|License=GPLv3
 
|License=GPLv3
 
|License copyright=various (see individual source files)
 
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|License verified date=2014/02/07
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|License note=Used for scripts.
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|License note=Used for BIOS code.
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|Resource audience=users, developers
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|Resource URL=http://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
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Revision as of 16:25, 7 February 2014


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SeaBIOS

http://seabios.org/SeaBIOS
Free x86 PC BIOS

SeaBIOS is an implementation of a 16bit x86 BIOS. It has recently been selected as the default x86 firmware for both QEMU and KVM. It can also be run natively on x86-based hardware using Coreboot.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv2

Verified by

mtjm

Verified on

7 February 2014

Notes

Used for kconfig.

License

LGPLv3

Verified by

mtjm

Verified on

7 February 2014

Notes

Used for BIOS code.

License

GPLv3

Verified by

mtjm

Verified on

7 February 2014

Notes

Used for scripts.




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Kevin O'Connor Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttps://code.coreboot.org/p/seabios/source/tree/master/
CorebootHomepagehttps://www.coreboot.org/SeaBIOS
DeveloperDownloadhttps://code.coreboot.org/p/seabios/downloads/
users, developersMailing Listhttp://www.seabios.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/seabios
GentooHomepagehttps://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-firmware/seabios


Software prerequisites




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"users" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property."developers" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.








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