Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS from Dell

[Robert Vogel]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron minnich" 
To: "Robert Vogel" 
Cc: "yhlu" ; "Corey Osgood" ; 
; "Carl-Daniel Hailfinger" 
; "Danny Piccirillo" 

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS from Dell
> > Are there hiding places in the chipset too ? How closed are the chipsets 
> > ?
>
> Depends on the vendor.
>
> ron

How about AMD ?

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS from Dell

[ron minnich]

On 9/26/07, Robert Vogel  wrote:
> How about AMD ?

AMD has been a huge contributor to linuxbios for several years now. I
don't know where we would be without them.

ron

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS from Dell

Quoting ron minnich :
> On 9/26/07, Robert Vogel  wrote:
> > How about AMD ?
>
> AMD has been a huge contributor to linuxbios for several years now. I
> don't know where we would be without them.

And in the future?..

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS from Dell

[Peter Stuge]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 03:55:17AM +0200, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > How about AMD ?
> >
> > AMD has been a huge contributor to linuxbios for several years
> > now. I don't know where we would be without them.
>
> And in the future?..

I see no reason for things to change. On the contrary I think AMD has
further increased their contributions to LB over the last year.

But please keep in mind that AMD is also a huge organization, and it
may not be practical or even possible to open source all of it even
if top level management wants to. (Note that I don't know what AMD
management has said, except to support LB, which is awesome. :)

I have understood that both (former) ATI and NVIDIA are legally bound
by agreements to technology suppliers and are not allowed to release
very detailed specifications or documentation.

//Peter