RE: [OpenBIOS] Proposals for development stages
From: James Oakley <jfunk@roadrunner.nf.net> To: openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Proposals for development stages Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 3:29 AM
"Joseph D. Foley" wrote:
The linux kernel guys are sometimes a fussy bunch; such a spec already exists, take a look at MultiBoot standard at http://www.uruk.org/~erich/grub/boot-proposal.html, but I don't believe they've adopted it yet.
Didn't know it existed. It's interesting reading, but too narrow.
What we want to know is what BIOS calls the kernel uses and then hash out new ways of achieving what is needed. APM is one example, there's also memory reporting, hard disk parameter passing (LILO isn't infallible on large drives), USB, PCI, etc.
It won't be an easy task, unfortunately. I think we can come up with something though.
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Isn't that available at www.dmtf.org ? Best regards, Wim Vervoorn Development Manager Eltan B.V. Het Schild 13 5275 EB Den Dungen The Netherlands Tel. 073-5944664 Fax. 073-5941187 E-mail. Wvervoorn@eltan.com -----Original Message----- From: Ross [SMTP:rossio@hoeftd.reno.nv.us] Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 11:57 PM To: openbios@elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] Proposals for development stages Does, anyone out their know how to get the DMI 2.0 spec. //Ross ---------- - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message
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