Re: [OpenBIOS] FCode Limit (Was:Dictionary size limit per deviceinstance)

[Asif Haswarey]

Tarl Neustaedter wrote:
...
> It would be good if openbios participants revived the standard, but it

takes a lot of effort.

How would you categorize this "lot of effort"?

1) Technical
2) Political

Perhaps the current potential market for OpenFirmware is embedded
systems.
The desktop market seems to be following the EFI trend.
May be I am mistaken about EFI's influence. At least I hope I am!

-Asif

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Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] FCode Limit (Was:Dictionary size limit per
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Asif Haswarey wrote:
[...]
> Very unfortunate if the IEEE-1275 Std. never gets updated,

Unfortunately, the status of IEEE-1275 is "obsolete" (the official term
is "withdrawn"). It's an annoyance because it means getting new copies
of the publication is harder.

Lessee. According to IEEE:

Status: Withdrawn Standard. Withdrawn Date: May 01, 2000.
    No longer endorsed by the IEEE.

IEEE requires the standards be re-affirmed and re-published every
several years (I think it's five years), and the last time, there simply
was no longer enough industry interest to warrant republishing the
standard (or so I'm informed). So the last one published was IEEE Std
1275-1994, and it no longer has the status of an active standard.

It would be good if openbios participants revived the standard, but it
takes a lot of effort.