Coreboot adds U-Boot as a Payload

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that Coreboot now supports U-Boot as another payload option:

Coreboot users have generally relied upon the SeaBIOS or TianoCore payloads for booting up into a Linux distribution, but now a U-Boot payload is supported as another option. Intel-based Chromebooks have long been using U-Boot as a payload for Coreboot while now all of that support is going upstream. A commit today adds U-Boot as a possible payload for x86 systems when configured via the new Kconfig options. The commit by Google’s Martin Roth explains, “Graphics worked in U-Boot correctly by initializing the VBIOS and setting up a console mode. Tested in QEMU and on Minnowboard Max.”

More information:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Coreboot-U-Boot-Payload

http://anzwix.com/a/Coreboot/PayloadsAddUBootAsACorebootpayload