Re: OT, Linuxbios usage...

[Peter Karlsson]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> So you mean some sort of HAL like the VM on a IBM370 does.

Yes.
> Possible but linuxBIOS is a _long_ way from that.  And it's not really
> compatible with its overall goal which is to get the hardware up
> enough that a linux kernel can take over.  Load a payload into ram and
> jump to that.

I know. But isn't one of linuxBIOS goal to have a stable, remote
configurable bios for use in clusters? Wouldn't a vm (or hal if you will)
be even more useful than a Basic Input Output System?
> The qemu is a target in V2 if you start working with that you may be
> able to do what you want.

Yes, it looks interesting...

Thanks for the input!

Best regards

Peter K