Stefan Reinauer stepan@openbios.org writes:
- ron minnich rminnich@lanl.gov [040413 16:06]:
I might just need it for Plan 9 :-)
So, much as I always disliked the idea of loading SCSI firmware, I might want it now :-(
SCSI firmware imho really belongs on the SCSI controller you put in. At least as long as we don't live in a world of perfect, intelligent and self-initializing hardware, this is the way of smallest trouble if we don't want to lock potential customers/users away. For onboard hardware this means we want a minimal set of drivers in LinuxBIOS, unfortunately.
If we can do it, I don't see a problem putting the code somewhere in the motherboard BIOS. Basically the LinuxBIOS mandate is to make the hardware functional.
One thing to watch is that a LinuxBIOS driver is not really a driver more of an initializer.
However there is no point in doing work that can be done elsewhere, like probing a scsi or ide chain for devices.
Eric