Markus Kaufmann kaufmann@pks-software.de said:
A BIOS isn't something that you change daily like the newest developer kernel. Once you have a perfect BIOS, you should never change it.
to interject a philosophical point here: this is why we're doing an *open* BIOS project -- to rid ourselves of the accepted myth that Thou Shalt Never Change The BIOS (unless the manufacturer tells you to, via an upgrade).
yes, we should make it clear that BIOS changes are dangerous and could result in a nonbooting system, but that doesn't mean that someone who got some fancy new file system, device, etc., shouldn't be able to boot directly off it once the BIOS extension is available and installed.
however, i do agree with the general point of not cluttering up the new BIOS (and our time devoted to this project) with too many features; things like grub-in-bios should definitely be considered options that are worked on in parallel or sequential to the core code, and compiled/linked in optionally by the user or distribution.
john
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