On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:20:13AM -0600, Charles Abdouch wrote: > We're actually doing our own EFI Based BIOS.
Who's "we" ? (sorry for having missed some context) > We considered using LinuxBIOS > but there isn't any Intel support for it. Well, no, but I'm told AMD is strongly backing it up. > Also there were other problems > with using LinuxBIOS based on it using GPL instead of LGPL due to some > licensed code we would have to include with it Have you talked to the LinuxBIOS developers about this? I heard they were going to relicense payload-usable code. Actually, they had plans to make a library out of it. > as well as Windows support. This changed a lot after last summer's GSoC (aimed at making Vista bootable), I'd encourage you to recheck. > We're currently adding our own version of CSM (Legacy Support), but other > then a couple of minor packaging and program issues, Linux supports an > EFI-Only BIOS very well. It may do, but the whole model is designed with lockdown and restrictions in mind (why would you want a memory curtain in your firmware? oh well). Since you mention Linux, maybe you're interested in Torvalds opinion on EFI: http://kerneltrap.org/node/6884 I find this line particularly insightful: "not that I'd ever claim that the BIOS is wonderful either, but at least everybody knows that the BIOS is just a bootloader, and doesn't try to make it anything else." -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
