Re: [coreboot] GSoC-2014 Project for Coreboot

[Patrick Georgi]

Am Freitag, den 14.03.2014, 08:07 -0700 schrieb ron minnich:
> There's not much point in fighting the tide here. The idea of linux-as-bios
> was nice, but we have come to the point where linux-as-bios requires a
> small firmware kernel just to load it.

Which could just as well be UEFI.

Patrick

GSoC-2014 Project for Coreboot

[ron minnich]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Patrick Georgi wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 14.03.2014, 08:07 -0700 schrieb ron minnich:
> > There's not much point in fighting the tide here. The idea of
>
> linux-as-bios
> > was nice, but we have come to the point where linux-as-bios requires a
> > small firmware kernel just to load it.
>
> Which could just as well be UEFI.

we've walked this argument many times.

I have a real problem with UEFI, namely, that the code is badly designed,
and badly implemented, and badly written. I can't stand to look at it. It's
the sort of thing that literally gives me a headache.

Other than that, it's a fine starting point.

ron