[LinuxBIOS] booting without vga
Bryan E. Chafy
bchafy at ccs.neu.edu
Fri Aug 25 17:53:37 CEST 2006
For video, check out:
http://wiki.duskglow.com/tiki-index.php?page=Open-Graphics
I think It's been going on for a couple of years now.
As for FPGA's, a high end Virtex+ builtin Dual PPC cores gets you there pretty
fast. Only problem is the price (for the chips and the software).
Not sure how well a spartan-level fpga would work out as SOC or chipset.
But the price is right (free software, relatively cheap chip).
Check out:
http://www.fpga4fun.com
>
> this is part of a bigger issue. I am thinking of starting a project
> called System Libre (a take on software libre) which would be open from
> the ground up. This is a response to many bad trends in our business,
> where the systems are gradually getting locked up (xbox, EFI, etc.) and
> we can't do much with them. So I like your idea.
>
> ron
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