tristan wrote:
Hi list, I'd like to know the exact support status of LinuxBIOS on VIA EPIA M10000 (Nehemiah) CentaurHauls Stepping 5. I've seen messages (August 2005) that say VGA is supported, and more recent threads that say it isn't. So, what is supported by the mainstream LinuxBios v2 ? And what is not yet? Are these any patches around that could achieve better support? All different messages I see are rather confusing ...
all the patches are in the issue trackers, and after SC 2005 I intend to try to get this stuff into the tree. It seems like 3 different groups have got 3 different patches.
Another question: VIA has published a "FastBoot" BIOS that seems to be a fork of LinuxBIOS, since it's a fork and LinuxBIOS is covered by GPL, is FastBoot a GPL violation? Someone has ever had the sources of FastBoot? If ever, could it lead to a better support of EPIA motherboards?
is fastboot a GPL violation ?If it is based on linuxbios, then yet it is. Does anyone have time to track this down? No. The FSF has been informed, as of a few years ago.
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