Project Summary
libpayload is a small BSD-licensed static library (a lightweight implementation of common and useful functions) intended to be used as a basis for coreboot payloads.
The benefits of linking a coreboot payload against libpayload are:
* Payloads do not have to implement and maintain low-level code for I/O, common functions, etc.
* Payloads can be recompiled and deployed for CPU architectures supported by coreboot in the future.
* The libpayload functions can be tested and scrutinized outside payload development.
* Payloads themselves may be partly host-tested, e.g. against an emulation libpayload.
In a Nutshell, libpayload...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 560 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in April, 2003
ending with its most recent commit 12 days ago
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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These details are provided for information only. No information here is legal advice and should not be used as such.
This Project has No vulnerabilities Reported Against it
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