Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

[todthgie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corey Osgood" 
To: "Darmawan Salihun" 
Cc: "linuxbios" 
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 00:07
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations
> Darmawan Salihun wrote:
> > On 8/29/07, *Uwe Hermann* <[e-mail] 
> > > wrote:
> > The real problems (in my view) are:
> >
> > 1. Lack of developers
> > 2. Lack of time
> > 3. Lack of proper datasheets (for some/many chipsets)
> >
> > Issue 2 cannot be solved easily, issue 3 depends on many factors
> > we usually cannot influence a lot, but issue 1 is where we can
> > get the biggest gain, IMHO.
> >
> >
> > I wonder if clean-room reverse engineering on commercial BIOS that comes
> > with the board can help for case 3 because most of them have a "generic"
> > code to boot the machine until preliminary RAM test. Personally, I 
> > view it
> > as a *very interesting* challenge.
>
> Very interesting, yes, but that routes directly back to problem 1. More 
> developers could lead the creation of a separate project with that goal 
> in mind, but for now everyone's working with what they have. If we had 
> more people/time, such things might be feasible and very beneficial.

suggestion: make a tool based that emits a trace of whats going on ...
i would suggest first making a tool for extracting award flash enables....

-Todthgie
> -Corey