On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:08:40AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
I just ran across an FSF web page in support of LinuxBIOS, and on that page the FSF suggests writing directly to Intel:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/supportlinuxbios.html "Send e-mail to Intel, asking them to cooperate with a fully free BIOS. Also send them a snail mail letter at: Intel Corporation 2200 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95052 USA"
Yes, please do so.
If it's the opinion of the LinuxBIOS project that writing to Intel isn't helpful, what else can I and other persons do to put pressure on Intel (and like companies) to get them to release specs on their laptop chipsets and embedded controllers?
Call me cynical but I doubt individuals can make a difference here.
Nah, don't be too pessimistic. Ongoing nagging from customers _will_ make most companies rethink their decisions and priorities sooner or later. Sure, there's no guarantee that they will react (soon, or at all), but if you don't even try you have already lost.
If AMD is being much more supportive of the LinuxBIOS project than Intel, what about approaching them? If I'm not mistaken, there are a couple of AMD employees on this mailing list who are (were?) actively engaged in getting LinuxBIOS to work with various AMD chipsets...
Yes, AMD supports LinuxBIOS as one of the boot software options on their systems. People at AMD work with LB. We think it is great of course! :)
Full ACK! The support from AMD is really great and very appreciated!
Uwe.