[LinuxBIOS] FYI Asus ships mainboard with Linux, Firefox & Skype sitting in flashrom :)

[Peter Lemenkov]

Hello All!
Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869

They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)

[ron minnich]

On 10/7/07, Peter Lemenkov  wrote:
> Hello All!
> Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869
>
> They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)

I wonder if Intel let them. It's an intel chipset.

ron

[Robinson Tryon]

On 10/7/07, ron minnich  wrote:
> On 10/7/07, Peter Lemenkov  wrote:
> > Hello All!
> > Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?
> >
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869
> >
> > They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)
>
> I wonder if Intel let them. It's an intel chipset.

Right -- it looks like it's "Intel X38".

Modern Intel chipsets aren't well (aren't at all?) supported by
LinuxBIOS, right?  So if they are using LinuxBIOS, getting patches
back from Asus would be quite helpful indeed.

[gary sheppard]

On 10/7/07, Robinson Tryon  wrote:
> On 10/7/07, ron minnich  wrote:
> > On 10/7/07, Peter Lemenkov  wrote:
> > > Hello All!
> > > Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?
> > >
> > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869
> > >
> > > They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)
> >
> > I wonder if Intel let them. It's an intel chipset.
>
> Right -- it looks like it's "Intel X38".
>
> Modern Intel chipsets aren't well (aren't at all?) supported by
> LinuxBIOS, right?  So if they are using LinuxBIOS, getting patches
> back from Asus would be quite helpful indeed.

I believe they are using Award Bios. To further make things "interesting"
updating that linux to the latest version of the software, you must have
windows installed to start the update software. Go Figure!

Gary

[Simon Kellett]

"Peter Lemenkov"  writes:
> Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869
>
> They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)

Since my last post on it (29th Sept) (where I asked the question of
whether LinuxBIOS is used) I have read more: the following article
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEwNw says it is a
combination of Linux and "proprietary" bits, although I found the
article a little confusing (CE is proprietary, and later CS is Linux +
some other stuff).

If anyone is interested here is my collection of links on it:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=572&l4=0&mod...
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEwNw
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869&num=1
http://www.pclaunches.com/motherboard/asus_p5e3_deluxewifiapn_motherboard.ph...
Video: http://www.slashgear.com/video-of-asus-instant-on-linux-dual-boot-distro-sho...

[Robinson Tryon]

On 10/14/07, Simon Kellett  wrote:
> "Peter Lemenkov"  writes:
> > Maybe somebody didn't see it yet?
> >
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=869
> >
> > They'd better use LinuxBIOS :)
>
> Since my last post on it (29th Sept) (where I asked the question of
> whether LinuxBIOS is used) I have read more: the following article
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEwNw says it is a
> combination of Linux and "proprietary" bits, although I found the
> article a little confusing (CE is proprietary, and later CS is Linux +
> some other stuff).

According to Michael Larabel at Phoronix.com, "the source-code for
SplashTop isn't available for download; however, complying with the
terms of the GNU GPL license, developers that email DeviceVM for the
source-code can have a CD mailed to them. In the coming months the
source-code will be publicly available on the Internet."
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=870&num=1

It seems kind of silly for them to only offer CDs for now, but there
you have it.  I'm sure that within a day of the CDs being mailed out
we will see the source reposted online...