On 22.10.2007 21:36, Peter Lemenkov wrote: > 2007/10/22, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 10/21/07, Peter Lemenkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hello All! >>> Does anybody tried to use linuxbios and LB-tools on non-x86 platforms? >>> There are some issues we need to fir even for compilation (not for >>> successful usage). >>> >>> One thing I found so far is excessive usage of non-portable inb/outb >>> macros. For instance - inb may be emulated as folliwing: >>> >>> >> because superio is not performance-critical, I would recommend we move >> to that usage for all cases. It would make the tool completely >> portable. >> > > I'll try to create more suitable solutuion (with #ifdef/#else/#endifs). >
OK, but be prepared that the solution has to be somewhat clean. >>> But I need an advice - I found ppc970 branch of LinuxBIOS - who >>> maintains it and what's the current status of that port? Does anyone >>> successfully boots any non-x86 machine using LinuxBIOS? >>> > > >> interest in ppc970 ended with the Apple changeover. >> > > But users still got huge amount of old-skool powerpc hardware :) > I think it would be more funny to make something valuable with > powerpc-machines instead if simply getting rid of them. > A patch will not be merged if it does not work better than the current situation. If flashrom really works in practice on a non-x86 platform, we might merge the patch. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
