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README.md

OpenBMC documentation

The OpenBMC project is a Linux Foundation project whose goal is to produce a customizable, open-source firmware stack for Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs). This repository contains documentation for OpenBMC as a whole. There may be component-specific documentation in the repository for each component.

The features document lists the project's major features with links to more information.

Contact

Technical Steering Committee

The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) guides the project. Members are:

  • Brad Bishop (chair), IBM
  • Nancy Yuen, Google
  • Sai Dasari, Facebook
  • James Mihm, Intel
  • Sagar Dharia, Microsoft
  • Supreeth Venkatesh, Arm

OpenBMC Development

These documents contain details on developing OpenBMC code itself

OpenBMC Usage

These documents describe how to use OpenBMC, including using the programmatic interfaces to an OpenBMC system.