Quoting popkonserve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What i really don't get is: > Why trying to support bleeding edge hardware almost nobody has > datasheets for instead of writing reliable custom drivers that would > support older hardware. development itself would be far easier, at least > SOME hardware would be supported and people would be able to TEST > linuxbios on old hardware without fearing to ruin an expensive > mainboard. most of the drivers written only include a working version > which is far away from a full featured support that would make a > difference to the original bios versions. this is imho what drives users > away. > > i'm willing to write more generic full featured drivers > (northbridge/southbridge) for older chipsets (i posted a list and i'll > stick to that list). my problem is not that i don't understand the > hardware itself but the linuxbios framework. i don't want to spend hours > of code surfing just to understand how and where certain code sniplets > are called or how certain config files need to be written. a > documentation to the code is close to non-existant. while this might not > be a problem to long-term developers it drives new ones away. > > what i would like to see is: generic support for usb/cdrom boot, ide > support in southbridges, an onscreen menu (nothing fancy) and a far > better documentation for users and developers. > Holger > I would have to agree, When I first commited to LB I was quite scared due to the lack of documentation.
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