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| − | |desc=Open-source boot firmware used to boot [[OpenPOWER]] systems since [[POWER8]]. It is started running by the [[SBE]] after it completes its own initialization tasks, and is the first code that executes on the main POWER cores (all earlier stages execute on | + | |desc=Open-source boot firmware used to boot [[OpenPOWER]] systems since [[POWER8]]. It is started running by the [[SBE]] after it completes its own initialization tasks, and is the first code that executes on the main POWER cores (all earlier stages execute on auxiliary [[PPE]] cores). It is responsible for memory initialization and other tasks. It finishes by chainloading [[Skiboot]].}} |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 19 September 2018
Hostboot (Hostboot): Open-source boot firmware used to boot OpenPOWER systems since POWER8. It is started running by the SBE after it completes its own initialization tasks, and is the first code that executes on the main POWER cores (all earlier stages execute on auxiliary PPE cores). It is responsible for memory initialization and other tasks. It finishes by chainloading Skiboot.
