Re: IDEA: Linux kernel and pcbios compatibility...

[ron minnich]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, ron minnich wrote:
> here's what I would like: 
> - we support all things bootable that don't need a pcbios
>   linux, plan9, memtest, etc.
> - we encourage other projects to move away from needing a bios
>   this is mainly xyzbsd
> - we use emulation for the option roms so that PPC and other non-x86
>   will work (this is almost done)

a bonus: these are all architecture-independent.
> - we provide (for those who want it) PCBIOS support as an option

And this is for legacy OSes and very architecture-dependent.

ron