* Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de [060830 14:24]:
Hi,
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 11:31:23PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
- Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net [060829 23:06]:
Yes, he is. This has the potential to get quite a lot of people started and getting any output at all is a major motivation factor even if the rest of the code for bringup has yet to be written.
That's a great idea! I figure it should be possible to create a repository of some sort which contains such ROM images. That eliminates the need to understand the build process and compile stuff, which will lower the entry bar for a few people and might get them interested in the project.
ok, lets think this further: You get a LinuxBIOS-string on serial and then you do _what_ with that image? Have a shell? Torsten Duwe's serial loader or llshell might be candidates here.
As for the Super IOs I'd use another approach; simply download all datasheets you can get your hands on and add support for the respective part (which is what I'm doing with the ITEs; when Im done I'll probably continue with Winbond).
After my last mail, thinking about it,... how many vendors are we talking about here,..? and how many chips per vendor? It might indeed be a pretty good idea to exhaust the space just to get some ground. SuperIOs age less than southbridges, do they?
Stefan