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<h2 id="bsd">Can I use BSD? <span class="r"><a href="#bsd">#bsd</a></span></h2>
<p>
- Potentially. It may be possible to boot most BSD systems if you use
- the <a href="http://coreboot.org/SeaBIOS">SeaBIOS</a> payload.
- Most BSD systems seem to require a full Video BIOS implementation, which
- libreboot lacks for the most part, so you won't have a visual display, but you
- might be able to use an EHCI debug and/or serial console.
+ BSD systems require a full Video BIOS, which libreboot lacks (there is a free replacement
+ on all current systems, but it lacks certain features that GNU/Linux doesn't require).
+ Translation: X11 won't work in BSD.
</p>
<p>
- FreeBSD is rumoured to be somewhat compatible (with the GRUB payload, even), when booting with
- text-mode graphics initialization, but you probably won't be able to use X11.
+ It may be possible to get a serial console, but beyond that, BSD is useless on libreboot systems.
</p>
<p>
For the most part, BSD systems remain untested in libreboot.