linuxbios web page is there.

[Ronald G. Minnich]

I figure that we're taking a slightly different direction than openbios so
I've set up the linuxbios web page, www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios. We'll use
openbios and help out where we can. I'll be posting the 'linux boots
linux' code there this week as well as anything we've done to openbios to
make it go.

It would be great if anyone out there can unlock the secret of the flash
ram. This is driving me nutz. If I get there I'll let you know.

Thanks
ron

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[Daniele Frijia]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 10:44:50PM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> I figure that we're taking a slightly different direction than openbios so
> I've set up the linuxbios web page, www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios. We'll use
> openbios and help out where we can. I'll be posting the 'linux boots
> linux' code there this week as well as anything we've done to openbios to
> make it go.

We shoudl we work against each other?
Make your patches for OpenBIOS, submit them to the list or
send them to me (or [e-mail]) and they will be put on the current
OpenBIOS page.

On the other side, I will put the link to your homepage on the
OpenBIOS page if you think, that these two things a completely different.

Regards, Daniele
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[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Daniele Frijia wrote:
> > I figure that we're taking a slightly different direction than openbios so
> > I've set up the linuxbios web page, www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios. We'll use
> > openbios and help out where we can. I'll be posting the 'linux boots
> > linux' code there this week as well as anything we've done to openbios to
> > make it go.
>
> We shoudl we work against each other?

No, I have no intention of working against anyone. It seems that the focus
of this list is replacing the BIOS with a plug-compatible equivalent, or
doing Open Firmware instead. My focus is much simpler: I want to get just
enough OpenBIOS working to boot linux, and we're almost there. Supporting
FreeDOS and other 16-bit OSes is quite neat, but is not a concern of mine.
I have no need for INT 12 support, for example.

So we'll help all we can with OpenBIOS, but past a point our needs and
interests will diverge. I certainly will let you all know if I ever figure
out how to write NVRAM -- if I can't do that, then I'm dead in the water.

Thanks

ron

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