Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS on T60p

[Peter Stuge]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 11:00:56PM -0500, Corey Osgood wrote:
> rami jiossy wrote:
> > Hi Everybody;
> > is there any wok being done for supporting LinuxBIOS on IBM T60p ?
>
> As of right now, it's not supported, no. Jon is working on 855 support
> right now, and that code may be able to be ported to the 945 (the T60's
> chipset) when he's done. However, as of right now, there is NO working
> P4 chipset in linuxbios (if anyone cares to correct me on this, feel
> free).

Even worse is the fact that all laptops have custom microcontrollers
(often called EC, embedded controller) with custom firmware that need
to be controlled by the BIOS. Documentation for them is non-existant,
with one exception; the OLPC.

//Peter