yaboot: An OpenFirmware bootloader for PowerPC1

Yaboot is an OpenFirmware bootloader for Open Firmware based machines. It is known to work on "NewWorld" class powermacs (iMac and all machines released after it), RS/6000, and possibly other OF based CHRP machines. "OldWorld" PowerMacs (with the built-in MacOS ROM) are not supported.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://yaboot.ozlabs.org

Author: Ethan Benson <erbenson [at] alaska [dot] net>
Author: Paul Nasrat
Author: Tony Breeds
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 1.3.17

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).

CPU architectures: Does only support: powerpc powerpc64

Download: http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/releases/ yaboot-1.3.17.tar.gz

T2 source: hotfix-link_with_new_e2fsprogs.patch
T2 source: hotfix-link_with_new_e2fsprogs2.patch
T2 source: no-etc-yaboot.patch
T2 source: stone_mod_yaboot.sh
T2 source: strip.patch
T2 source: yaboot.cache
T2 source: yaboot.conf
T2 source: yaboot.desc

Build time (on reference hardware): 5% (relative to binutils)2

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.58 MB, 22 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep gzip make patch sed sysfiles tar

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

1) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).