On Tue, 8 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So, my question is ... is the Linux BIOS well suited for these
> non-PC platforms?
I think so. In fact much pain comes in due to PC silliness, so I'd like to
NOT have PC hardware on there.
>I would also expect that devices that could
> not be found during the discovery and configuration phase would just
> be left alone and un-initialized.
It's better than that. The config file for a given mainboard outlines
what's on that mainboard. If you don't config in a superio, then we don't
go looking for it.
> Finally, since we're done once we get the
> ROM'ed version of Linux running, there's no need to use LOBOS to load
> another OS.
I think that's right, for example i-tech.com has a ROMed linux and I am
pretty sure that's all they run.
> Is my thinking correct? Do you foresee any problems with
> making Linux BIOS work for embedded designs as described above?
I think it already is working for embedded designs, see cachier.com
thanks
ron
