Re: [LinuxBIOS] Flashrom and superiotool on non-x86 platforms?

[ron minnich]

On 10/21/07, Peter Lemenkov  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:
>
> +unsigned char inb (unsigned short int port)
> +{
>   static unsigned char in = 0;
>   FILE* f = fopen ("/dev/port", "a");
>   if (f !=NULL){
>           if (fseek (f, port, SEEK_SET) == port){
>                   fread (&in, sizeof (unsigned char), 1, f);
>                   fclose (f);
>                   return in;
>           }
>   }
>   return ERROR;

because superio is not performance-critical, I would recommend we move
to that usage for all cases. It would make the tool completely
portable.
> 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.

ron