Darmawan Salihun wrote: > On 8/29/07, *Uwe Hermann* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > The real problems (in my view) are: > > 1. Lack of developers > 2. Lack of time > 3. Lack of proper datasheets (for some/many chipsets) > > Issue 2 cannot be solved easily, issue 3 depends on many factors > we usually cannot influence a lot, but issue 1 is where we can > get the biggest gain, IMHO. > > > I wonder if clean-room reverse engineering on commercial BIOS that comes > with the board can help for case 3 because most of them have a "generic" > code to boot the machine until preliminary RAM test. Personally, I > view it > as a *very interesting* challenge.
Very interesting, yes, but that routes directly back to problem 1. More developers could lead the creation of a separate project with that goal in mind, but for now everyone's working with what they have. If we had more people/time, such things might be feasible and very beneficial. -Corey -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
