Canoeboot: Free, Libre Bios/uefi Boot Firmware
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Canoeboot is a free and open-source BIOS/UEFI boot firmware, garnering positive attention on HN with a generally supportive tone.
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brudgers
3 months ago
So far as I am aware, Ivy Bridge was the last architecture that is compatible with this sort of thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)
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