# sophia
uefi bootloader and kernel for x64

this code sucks and should not be used under any circumstances

whoever is outside my house yelling "comment your code!" i will never comment my code

## how to use

in order to use this you will require the following:

- a gcc cross-compiler targeting x86\_64-elf. instructions [here](https://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler)
- qemu supporting x86\_64
- an OVMF installation usable as a firmware for qemu
- gnu-efi

generally it is only currently possible to build from a POSIX-like system.
this is not a rule, but i do not currently support any other means

## how to contribute

if my project has somehow piqued your interest and you'd like to contribute,
please feel free to create your own fork and send a PR.

## sophia copyright notice

i maintain no copyright over any of this. i don't care. this is a passion project
and not something i ever expect to be worth the time or effort to plagairize or
be worth anything commercially. good luck if you think so, though. your estimation
of the quality of my code and ability as a programmer are clearly much higher than
my own.

my attorney has advised me to also include the following copyright notices but
idek what she's talking about half the time

## ACPICA copyright notice

this project uses portions of the ACPI Component Architecture

Copyright (c) 2000 – 2017 Intel Corp.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINES
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

## gnu-efi copyright notice

this project uses portions of the gnu-efi project

The files in the "lib" and "inc" subdirectories are using the EFI Application 
Toolkit distributed by Intel at http://developer.intel.com/technology/efi

This code is covered by the following agreement:

Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Intel Corporation

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and
the following disclaimer.

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTEL BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE EFI SPECIFICATION AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION
ON THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES, AND ARE SUBJECT
TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.