<div dir="ltr">So...with SageBIOS, could we run x86 Linux distros, without UEFI support on MinnowMax?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-04-01 15:22 GMT-05:00 Jeff Thomas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff.thomas@se-eng.com" target="_blank">jeff.thomas@se-eng.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><strong>Longmont, Colo. --</strong> Sage Electronic Engineering, <a href="http://www.se-eng.com" target="_blank">www.se-eng.com</a>, is offering free SageBIOS™ Open Source Package (OSP) firmware supporting the new MinnowBoard MAX for both the Intel E3815 (single-core) and the E3825 (dual-core) processors.</p><div style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><dl style="float:right;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);text-align:center;padding-top:4px;margin:5px 0px 5px 20px;width:304px;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><dt><a href="http://www.se-eng.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minnowboard-max-294.png" style="color:rgb(172,4,4);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.se-eng.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/minnowboard-max-294.png" alt="Sage support MinnowBoard MAX development with new open source firmware" width="294" height="137" style="min-height:auto;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none"></a></dt><dd style="font-size:11px;line-height:17px;padding:0px 4px 5px;margin:0px">Intel MinnowBoard MAX</dd></dl></div><p style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">The binary SageBIOS boot ROM image, which is easily flashed on the development board’s SPI Flash device, is based on the Intel® Firmware Support Package (Intel® FSP) and coreboot® open source initialization. The SageBIOS OSP replaces UEFI firmware that comes installed on both versions of MinnowBoard MAX and will support booting a greater variety of operating systems, including FreeBSD and a variety of RTOS, as well as legacy operating systems such as older versions of Microsoft® Windows and even DOS.<br>The SageBIOS OSP will support all the operating systems supported by the native UEFI firmware, such as Windows® and Linux®. In addition, the SageBIOS OSP will boot both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems with a single boot image.<br>To download the firmware, please visit <a href="http://www.se-eng.com/minnow/" target="_blank">www.se-eng.com/minnow/</a>.<br>In the download you will receive instructions on how to program the ROM on your development board. Welcome to the world of open source development on Intel x86 processors.<br><strong>About Sage Electronic Engineering</strong><br><strong>Sage Electronic Engineering, LLC, of Longmont, Colo. (<a href="http://www.se-eng.com" target="_blank">www.se-eng.com</a>), is an Affiliate Member of the Intel® Internet of Things Alliance, providing royalty-free customized Board Support Packages marrying open source (including coreboot®) solutions with proprietary software. Sage partners with processor manufacturers, including Intel®, to provide coreboot solutions for the open source community, as well as developing SageBIOS™ BSPs for customers desiring the flexibility of open source firmware stripped of unnecessary code and backed by rigorously validated</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(20,20,18);font-family:'Source Sans Pro',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px"><strong>solutions.</strong></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Jeff Thomas, marketing communications specialist<div>Sage Electronic Engineering (<a href="http://www.se-eng.com" target="_blank">www.se-eng.com</a>)</div><div>Office: <a href="tel:303-495-5499%20ext%3A%20121" value="+13034955499" target="_blank">303-495-5499 ext: 121</a></div><div>Cell: <a href="tel:303-604-1020" value="+13036041020" target="_blank">303-604-1020</a></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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