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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Originally, the project was started as NERF by Google.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> NERF was a stripped-down version of EFI which contains a Linux kernel and userland applications. This project has been split up into LinuxBoot (which contains the bootblock and kernel) and u-root, which contains the userland application. </p><p>LinuxBoot became an official <a href="/facts/Linux_Foundation/5wbe2Vp0">Linux Foundation</a> project in 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="hardware-support">Hardware support</h2> <p>Currently, the <a href="/facts/Extensible_Firmware_Interface/w86VGmy2">EFI</a> support of LinuxBoot is limited to a few servers:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dell/wLlYNTMM">Dell</a> R630</li> <li><a href="/facts/Open_Compute_Project/nCt85QF1">Open Compute Project</a> Winterfell, Leopard, Monolake and Tioga Pass</li> <li><a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> S2600WF</li></ul> <p>LinuxBoot is in theory also supported on all the mainboards that are supported by the coreboot project, which does include the OCP Monolake.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> In practice, the support is limited due to flash size constraints. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/foss-project-spotlight-linuxboot">FOSS Project Spotlight: LinuxBoot</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Bringing Linux back to server boot ROMs with NERF and Heads". media.ccc.de. 29 December 2017. <a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9056-bringing_linux_back_to_server_boot_roms_with_nerf_and_heads" target="_blank">https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9056-bringing_linux_back_to_server_boot_roms_with_nerf_and_heads</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"LinuxBoot Continues Maturing - Now Able To Boot Windows - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13. <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LinuxBoot-Can-Boot-Windows" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LinuxBoot-Can-Boot-Windows</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"LinuxBoot: Linux as firmware". LWN.net. <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/748586/" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/Articles/748586/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"System Startup Gets a Boost with New LinuxBoot Project". Retrieved 3 February 2019. <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/system-startup-gets-a-boost-with-new-linuxboot-project/" target="_blank">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2018/01/system-startup-gets-a-boost-with-new-linuxboot-project/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"LinuxBoot GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 3 February 2019. <a href="https://github.com/linuxboot/linuxboot" target="_blank">https://github.com/linuxboot/linuxboot</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Mainboards supported by coreboot". <a href="https://www.coreboot.org/status/board-status.html" target="_blank">https://www.coreboot.org/status/board-status.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>