Re: [LinuxBIOS] Recommendations on Fully Free Workstation hardware

[Segher Boessenkool]

> > > I wonder about firmware status of CD/DVD Optical disk drives and
> > > sound cards.
> >
> > Hard drives have firmware too.
> >
> > I don't expect to see free firmware for any of these devices very
> > soon, but will be glad the day I'm proven wrong. :)
>
> Yeah, I _so_ hope you are or will be wrong :) I don't know of any such
> firmwares at the moment (I didn't search a lot, though). But that would
> sure be a great thing to have (and support).

What good would it do to replace the known-good firmware
of a hard drive with something home grown?  What's the
point?

Segher