On 26/11/06, Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On top of that, think DRM. Say LinuxBIOS becomes really successful, and we > basically kill EFI (and therefore, DRM in the bios). The next thing they'll > try is putting it in video cards, audio cards, hard drives etc. In fact, they > tried that 5 or 6 years ago - remember the whole CPRM fiasco? > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/10/everything_you_ever_wanted/
Isn't this what EFI already does though, by shifting drivers into firmware thats located inside hardware? I'd love to read more about how LinuxBIOS compared to EFI in this way - is there any recommended reading? :-) -- Regards, Dave -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios