[LinuxBIOS] USB Support <WAS Re: Accessibility of LinuxBios>

Bari Ari bari at onelabs.com
Mon Jul 3 19:53:29 CEST 2006


Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Bari Ari wrote:
>
>> We are currently working on mainboard designs that will not have any 
>> serial ports with chipsets that don't have any serial ports. What did 
>> we decide to do with LinuxBIOS, since the future is now?
>
> I would most rather do what we're doing on OLPC: linux in flash, since 
> linux works well with usb.
Linux kernel in flash for real fast power-on to boot is the plan. 
"Instant on" for set-top-box and thin/media client applications. No 
legacy ports: serial, parallel, PATA, PS2.

-Bari




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