On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:48:12PM -0500, joe@smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
Hello, I would like to make a suggestion. I am a newbie to the LinuxBios world. I love what I have seen so far. I am ok at C, know a little assembly, and would love to contribute to the LinuxBios community. But I am not sure how to get started. I have read just about everything I can get my hands on, but how do I go about developing a new bios for a board? In the FAQ's it talks about some things I would need to get started but where do I go from there. I have datasheets and all kinds of output from linux (dmidecode, lspci, etc.), POST card. Now what?
First thing is always to get your Super I/O working. Without that you won't have serial output, which makes debugging almost impossible.
Do I just use the code from another board and alter it to my liking?
If one which is similar to yours is supported, then yes, that's a good idea.
I don't want to sound negative or upset anyone but I think alot more people would get involved if there was more developer (src) documentation.
I agree. We need lots more documentation.
Uwe.