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