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+SeaVGABIOS is a sub-project of the SeaBIOS project - it is an open
+source implementation of a 16bit X86
+[VGA BIOS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_BIOS). SeaVGABIOS is the
+default VGA BIOS on [QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/). SeaVGABIOS can also
+run natively on some X86 VGA hardware with
+[coreboot](http://www.coreboot.org/).
+
+Building SeaVGABIOS
+===================
+
+To build SeaVGABIOS, obtain the [code](Download), run `make
+menuconfig` and select the type of VGA BIOS to build in the "VGA ROM"
+menu. Once selected, run `make` and the final VGA BIOS binary will be
+located in "out/vgabios.bin".
+
+The choice of available VGA BIOSes within "make menuconfig" is
+dependent on whether CONFIG_QEMU, CONFIG_COREBOOT, or CONFIG_CSM is
+selected. Also, the debug options under the "Debugging" menu apply to
+SeaVGABIOS. All other options found in "make menuconfig" apply only to
+SeaBIOS and will not impact the SeaVGABIOS build.
+
+If SeaVGABIOS is needed for multiple different devices (eg, QEMU's
+cirrus emulation and QEMU's "dispi" emulation), then one must compile
+SeaVGABIOS multiple times with the appropriate config for each build.
+
+SeaVGABIOS code
+===============
+
+The source code for SeaVGABIOS is located in the SeaBIOS
+[git repository](Download). The main VGA BIOS code is located in the
+"vgasrc/" directory. The VGA BIOS code is always compiled in 16bit
+mode.
+
+The SeaVGABIOS builds to a separate binary from the main SeaBIOS
+binary, and much of the VGA BIOS code is separate from the main BIOS
+code. However, much of the SeaBIOS
+[developer documentation](Developer_Documentation) applies to
+SeaVGABIOS. To contribute, please join the
+[SeaBIOS mailing list](Mailinglist).